Reflex syncope during a hot bath as a specific cause of drowning in Japan

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-38

  Abe, Haruhiko ^a   Kohno, Ritsuko ^a   Oginosawa, Yasushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

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EID: 84876540593     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2012.10.002     Document Type: Editorial

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