Severity of illness and injury in pediatric air transport
β Scribed by Thom A Mayer; Marion L Walker
- Book ID
- 108420558
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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