Policy Statement: ESC-ERC recommendations for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Europe

Resuscitation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Priori, Silvia G ^a,c   Bossaert, Leo L ^b   Chamberlain, Douglas A ^b   Napolitano, Carlo ^a   Arntz, Hans R ^b   Koster, Rudolph W ^b   Monsieurs, Koen G ^b   Capucci, Alessandro ^a   Wellens, Hein H ^a  

^a European Society of Cardilogy   (France)

^b EUROPEAN RESUSCITATION COUNCIL   (Belgium)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 1842452086     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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