History of critical care medicine: The past, the present and the future

Intensive and Critical Care Medicine: WFSICCM World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-17

  Ristagno, Giuseppe ^a   Weil, M H ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892363523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-1436-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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