A survey of emergency medicine in 36 countries

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-118

  Arnold, Jeffrey L ^a   Dickinson, Garth ^b   Tsai, Ming Che ^c   Han, David ^a  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; International health; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 10444240190     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500005340     Document Type: Review

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