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Considering air embolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

John Fitz-Clarke
John Fitz-Clarke*
Affiliation:
Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Queen Elizabeth II, Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS

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Letters • Courrier
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , March 2004 , pp. 77 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2004

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