Using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Delivery Decision Tool to Consider Transporting Medical Supplies Via Drone

Overview

Journal Glob Health Sci Pract

Specialty Public Health

Date 2019 Dec 6

PMID 31801794

Citations 9

Authors

Margaret Eichleay

Emily Evens

Kayla Stankevitz

Caleb Parker

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