Emergency medicine in Japan. A look at a current university hospital and the problems faced

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 296-299

  Ezaki, Takahiro ^a,b   Hashizume, Makoto ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency; Japan; Medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547137402     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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