Accidents and repatriation

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-146

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Fischer, Philip R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aeromedical evacuation; Injury; Repatriation; Travel medicine; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646385897     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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