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Section 1 - Core Principles in Trauma Anesthesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Albert J. Varon
Affiliation:
University of Miami
Charles E. Smith
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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