Transportation-related injuries and fatalities among emergency medical technicans and paramedics

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 346-352

  Maguire, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulance crash; assault; emergency medical services; emergency medical technicians; epidemiology; fatalities; occupational injuries; paramedics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860568693     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006601     Document Type: Article

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