Public health, prevention, and emergency medicine: A critical juxtaposition

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-193

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 39749162426     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00055.x     Document Type: Note

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