Clinical Utility of Heart Rate Variability

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-351

  Fallen, Ernest L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 2242476651     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009925208050     Document Type: Article

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