Safety in the emergency health services

Emergencias

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-82

  Bañeres, Joaquín ^a  

^a Instituto Universitario Avedis Donabedian   (Spain)

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EID: 77954827244     PISSN: 11376821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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