Injuries from assaults on paramedics and firefighters in an urban emergency medical services system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-401

  Mechem, C Crawford ^a   Dickinson, Edward T ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Jaslow, David ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Violence; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036792752     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938012     Document Type: Article

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