285 Hyponatremia; A Risk Factor for In-Hospital Falls
โ Scribed by Nijal Sheth; Alan Dubrow; Maria Kassab; Eliot Charen; James F. Winchester
- Book ID
- 114470438
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0272-6386
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