The Future of Emergency Medicine Public Health Research

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1053-1073

  Rhodes, Karin V ^a   Pollock, Daniel A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748575625     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.06.003     Document Type: Review

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