Circadian Pattern of Ambulance Use for Children in A Japanese City

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 316-318

  Ohshige, Kenji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Children; Circadian rhythm; Emergency

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 1642368378     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.10.025     Document Type: Article

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