Rebuttal From Dr Rivers et al

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1415-1419

  Rivers, Emanuel P ^a   Elkin, Ronald ^b   Cannon, Chad M ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84860576743     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2599     Document Type: Editorial

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