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Regulating the Scope of EMS Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Paul E. Pepe ,
Marni J. Bonnin  and
Kenneth L. Mattox
Paul E. Pepe
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Director of EMS—City of Houston, Texas, USA, President—National Association of EMS Physicians
Marni J. Bonnin
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Assistant Director of EMS—City of Houston, Texas, USA
Kenneth L. Mattox
Affiliation:
Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma Services, Baylor College of Medicine, Harris County, Hospital District, Houston, Texas, USA
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Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 59 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1990

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