Emergency medicine and public health: Stopping emergencies before the 9-1-1 call

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1060-1064

  Kellermann, Arthur L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73249126939     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00567.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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