Emergency Medical Services System Research: Challenges and Opportunity

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-644

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049007574     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.08.004     Document Type: Editorial

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