Pre-hospital trauma care resources for road traffic injuries in a middle-income country - A province based study on need and access in Iran

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 879-884

  Bidgoli, Hassan Haghparast ^a,b   Bogg, Lennart ^a,c   Hasselberg, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Access; Low and middle income countries; Need; Pre hospital trauma care facilities; Traffic related mortality and morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; IRAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; IRAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052089454     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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