Epidemiology of major incidents: An EMS study from Pakistan

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Waseem, Hunniya ^a   Carenzo, Luca ^b   Razzak, Junaid ^c   Naseer, Rizwan ^d  

^a Public Health Solutions Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d Punjab Emergency Service   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DROWNING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPLOSION; FALLING; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84857673123     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-48     Document Type: Article

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