The UHMS/CDC carbon monoxide poisoning surveillance program: three-year data.

نویسندگان

  • Neil B Hampson
  • Susan L Dunn
  • Fuyuen Y Yip
  • Jacquelyn H Clower
  • Lindell K Weaver
چکیده

1 Section of Hyperbaric Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for environmental Health, Air Pollution and respiratory Health Branch, Atlanta, Georgia 3 Contractor to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for environmental Health, Air Pollution and respiratory Health Branch Atlanta, Georgia 4 Medical Director and Division Chief, Hyperbaric Medicine lDS Hospital, Salt lake City, Utah, and Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah; Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc

دوره 39 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012