Resuscitation
Volume 60, Issue 2 , Pages 163-170 , February 2004

What do we know about patients dying in the emergency department?

Received 8 May 2003 ,Revised 4 August 2003 ,Accepted 27 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.08.012

Resuscitation
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