Recalls and safety alerts affecting automated external defibrillators

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-660

  Shah, Jignesh S ^a   Maisel, William H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; FATALITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746931286     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.6.655     Document Type: Article

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