Hospital Variation in Intensive Care Resource Utilization and Mortality in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Leukemia*
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1529-7535
DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001525