Mobile phone use for contacting emergency services in life-threatening circumstances

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-298.e3

  Wu, Olivia ^a   Briggs, Andrew ^a   Kemp, Tom ^b   Gray, Alastair ^c   MacIntyre, Kate ^a   Rowley, Jack ^d   Willett, Keith ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GSM Association   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emergency services; mobile phone; morbidity; mortality; record linkage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84858700179     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.02.022     Document Type: Article

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