Emergency medical services—a transportation safety emergency

ASSE Professional Development Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Levick, Nadine ^a  

^a ObjectGraph LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; AMBULANCES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; EMERGENCY SERVICES; ERGONOMICS; FLEET OPERATIONS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY TESTING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES; TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT; VEHICLE CRASH SAFETIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84877485381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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