Terror-Inflicted burn injury

Essentials of Terror Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 299-311

  Tzur, Tomer ^a   Eldad, Arieh ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 84871321960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09412-0_18     Document Type: Chapter

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