Reply from the authors

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 622-623

  Scales, Damon C ^a,b   Ferguson, Niall D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84883517218     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201303-0451le     Document Type: Letter

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