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Chapter 26 - Wound Care and Minor Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2018

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Anthony J. Ciorciari
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Jeffrey C. Gershel  and
Ellen F. Crain
Jeffrey C. Gershel
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Ellen F. Crain
Affiliation:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
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Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics , pp. 762 - 785
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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