Prospective field study of violence in emergency medical services calls

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Mock, E F ^a   Wrenn, K D ^a   Wright, S W ^a   Eustis, T C ^a   Slovis, C M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031836066     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70096-4     Document Type: Article

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