Prehospital Emergency Care in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Sasser, Scott ^a   Gibbs, Michael ^b   Blackwell, Thomas ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Prehospital care; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0346098203     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/312703002818     Document Type: Article

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