Revised Pediatric Emergency Assessment Tool (RePEAT): A Severity Index for Pediatric Emergency Care
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Application of emergency severity index in pediatric emergency department.
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.tb02013.x