Response to: To dive or not to dive? Use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to prevent neurologic sequelae in patients acutely poisoned with carbon monoxide.

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  • Michael J Matteucci
  • David A Tanen
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of emergency medicine

دوره 47 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006