How far is that by air? The derivation of an air:ground coefficient

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-202

  Diaz, Marco A ^a   Hendey, Gregory W ^a,b   Winters, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Distance; EMS; Helicopter; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037332004     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00725-4     Document Type: Article

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