Lifesavers and samaritans: Emergency use of cellular (mobile) phones in Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 815-819

  Chapman, Simon ^a   Schofield, W N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Dept of Pub Hlth and Comm Med ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident; Cellular phone; Emergency; Golden hour; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCIES; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032197125     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(98)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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