Prehospital research in sub-Saharan Africa: Establishing research tenets

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1304-1309

  Mould Millman, Nee Kofi ^a   Sasser, Scott M ^b   Wallis, Lee A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890823199     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12269     Document Type: Article

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