The Burdens of Survivorship: An Approach to Thinking about Long-Term Outcomes after Critical Illness
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The burdens of survivorship: an approach to thinking about long-term outcomes after critical illness.
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عنوان ژورنال: Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1069-3424,1098-9048
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1321982