In-flight medical emergencies;Medizinische Notfallsituationen im Flugzeug

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 591-602

  Graf, Jürgen ^a   Stüben, Uwe ^a   Pump, Stefan ^a  

^a Deutsche Lufthansa AG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN FLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCY; NAUSEA; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; VOMITING;

EID: 84900501041     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0591     Document Type: Article

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