Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Page 634 , May 2010

Paediatric prehospital tracheal intubation: What makes different our practice across the Ocean?

Received 6 January 2010

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.020

Resuscitation
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