Tracers in emergency medical services research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1061-1063

  Cone, David C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

EID: 4544290227     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.06.006     Document Type: Editorial

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