A descriptive study of the "lift-assist" call

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Cone, David C ^a   Ahern, John ^a   Lee, Christopher H ^a   Baker, Dorothy ^a   Murphy, Terrence ^a   Bogucki, Sandy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental falls; emergency medical services; geriatrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870503850     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.717168     Document Type: Review

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