Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41 , January 2010

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients aged 35 years and under: A 4-year study of frequency and survival in London

Received 12 June 2009 ,Revised 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.021.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00497-3

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.021

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41 , January 2010

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