Law enforcement agencies and out-of-hospital emergency care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-503

  Alonso Serra, H M ^a   Delbridge, T R ^a   Auble, T E ^a   Mosesso, V N ^a   Davis, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0030934614     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70223-3     Document Type: Article

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