Thinking globally, acting locally

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-63

  Wears, Robert L ^a,b,d   Magid, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 21444441830     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.019     Document Type: Editorial

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