Critical analysis of an accident and emergency ward.
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Paediatric accident & emergency short-stay ward: a 1-year audit.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.5.325