Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-283

  Pines, Jesse M ^a   Everett, Worth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84890688919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300772     Document Type: Book

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