Maritime health emergencies

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 453-455

  McKay, Mary Pat ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Injuries; Maritime; Medical advice; Radio medical advice; Ships

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAILOR; SHIPPING; SKIN DEFECT; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAVAL MEDICINE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548475111     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm053     Document Type: Article

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