EMS agenda for the future: Where we are...where we want to be

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-263

  Delbridge, T R ^a   Bailey, B ^a   Chew J L , Jr ^a   Conn, A K T ^a   Krakeel, J J ^a   Manz, D ^a   Miller, D R ^a   O'Malley, P J ^a   Ryan, S D ^a   Spaite, D W ^a   Stewart, R D ^a   Suter, R E ^a   Wilson, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031937372     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70316-6     Document Type: Article

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