Emergency ambulances on the public highway linked with inconvenience and potential danger to road users

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-280

  Saunders, G ^a   Gough, A ^b  

^a West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0038518697     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.3.277     Document Type: Article

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