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Education and Practice

Association of Burnout with Workforce-Reducing Factors among EMS Professionals

, MS, NREMT, , PhD, MPH, FAHA, , MPH, NRP ORCID Icon, , MD, PhD, , PhD, NRP & , PhD
Pages 229-236 | Received 10 May 2017, Accepted 10 Jul 2017, Published online: 25 Aug 2017

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