Aircraft Loading and Freezer Enhancements: Lessons for Medical Research in Remote Communities

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Gagnon, Roy ^a   Gagnon, Faith ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Constadina ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY CARE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRCRAFT; CANADA; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FREEZING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRAVEL;

EID: 46049119611     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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