Pre-hospital care time intervals among victims of road traffic injuries in Iran. A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bigdeli, Maryam ^a,b   Khorasani Zavareh, Davoud ^a,b   Mohammadi, Reza ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; IRAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954328244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-406     Document Type: Article

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