Resuscitation
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 189-195 , June 1998

Delayed death after uncomplicated hot tub bathing in dogs and monkeys

  • Gideon M Eshel

      Affiliations

    • Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Sackler Faculty of Medicine), Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin 70300, Israel
    • Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3434 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 8 9979100/5; fax: +972 8 9979108.
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  • Peter Safar

      Affiliations

    • Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3434 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    • ,
  • John Sassano

      Affiliations

    • Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3434 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    • ,
  • S.William Stezoski

      Affiliations

    • Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3434 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

Received 17 November 1997 ,Revised 17 April 1998 ,Accepted 17 April 1998.

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