Availability of automated external defibrillators in the city of Warsaw - Status for May 2009

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Cacko, Andrzej ^a   Wyzgał, Anna ^a   Galas, Agata ^a   Grabowski, Marcin ^a   Filipiak, Krzysztof J ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Sudden cardiac arrest; The city of Warsaw

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CITY; DEVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH; TELEPHONE;

EID: 76749124011     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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