Intensive care unit models and their role in management and utilization programs

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-187

  Miranda, Dinis Reis ^a   Moreno, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0006275610     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-199706000-00005     Document Type: Article

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