Pediatric care in disasters.
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois and Department of Surgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Address correspondence to David H. Rothstein, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Box 63, Chicago, IL 60611. E-mail: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatrics
دوره 132 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013