The pulmonary physician in critical care: towards comprehensive critical care?
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The pulmonary physician in critical care: towards comprehensive critical care?
This overview of intensive care medicine in Europe and the United States is an introduction to the review series on "The pulmonary physician in critical care" which starts in this issue of Thorax.
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.1.77