Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accidental hypothermia

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-222

  Mair, Peter ^a   Kornberger, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 0039440742     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-199906000-00010     Document Type: Article

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