Weapons detection at two urban hospitals

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-251

  Simon, Harold K ^a   Khan, Naghma S ^a   Delgado, Carlos A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital; Security; Weapons detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROTECTION; SCISSOR; WEAPON;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIREARMS; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; METALS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0042970314     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000086236.54586.db     Document Type: Article

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