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Improving Decontamination Procedures: A Priority for Chemical Incident Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

David Baker*
Affiliation:
Emeritus Consultant Anesthesiologist, SAMU de Paris, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris France

Abstract

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Editorial Comments
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2010

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