Spatial variation and geographic-demographic determinants of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the city-state of Singapore

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-351

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a   Earnest, Arul ^b   Shahidah, Nur ^a   Ng, Wen Min ^c   Foo, Chuanyang ^c   Nott, David John ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 80052969607     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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