Cardiac arrest in schools

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1374-1379

  Lotfi, Katayoun ^a   White, Lindsay ^a,b   Rea, Tom ^a   Cobb, Leonard ^a   Copass, Michael ^a   Yin, Lihua ^a   Becker, Linda ^a   Eisenberg, Mickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Epidemiology; Heart arrest; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXERTION; FACULTY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34548689169     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.698282     Document Type: Article

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