Prehospital intervention for trama: Helpful or harmful? The European point of view

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 407-411

  Carli, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

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EID: 0000175417     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-199812000-00013     Document Type: Article

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