An assessment of public attitudes toward automated external defibrillators

Resuscitation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Lubin, Jeffrey ^a,b   Chung, S Sujin ^c   Williams, Kenneth ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AED; Automated external defibrillation; Cardiac arrest; DAE; Defibrillation; Desfibrilaci n; Desfibrilha o; Desfibrilha o Autom tica Externa; Paragem card aca; Paro card aco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3142775614     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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