Use of emergency medical services by children with special health care needs

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-23

  Spaite, Daniel W ^a   Conroy, Carol ^a   Tibbitts, Mark ^a   Karriker, Katherine J ^a   Seng, Marsha ^a   Battaglia, Norma ^a   Criss, Elizabeth A ^a   Valenzuela, Terence D ^a   Meislin, Harvey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033977240     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941579     Document Type: Article

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