Update on the emergency management of chest trauma

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 488-499

  Lang Lazdunski, Loïc ^a   Pons, François ^a   Jancovici, René ^a  

^a PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

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EID: 0006351538     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-199912000-00014     Document Type: Article

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