Emergency medical service agency definitions of response intervals

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 453-458

  Meislin, H W ^a   Conn, J B ^a   Conroy, C ^a   Tibbitts, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; MODEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

EID: 0032844710     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)80046-8     Document Type: Article

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