منابع مشابه
Immunisation against Whooping Cough
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متن کاملImmunization against whooping-cough.
frequently be avoided if the subjects show the fixity of purpose described here; their determination to minimise the wind-chill factor (by digging a substantial snow cave) and to overcome the urge to sleep undoubtedly prevented a serious outcome for this party, which carried no specific equipment to spend a night out near the summit of Everest. CHARLES CLARKE Medical Officer, British Everest Ex...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.280.6210.330-b