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INTERNATIONAL EMS

E MERGENCY M EDICAL S ERVICES AND C ULTURAL D ETERMINANTS OF AN E MERGENCY IN K ARACHI , P AKISTAN

Junaid A. Razzak Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine (JAR, DCC), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Emergency Department, The Aga Khan University Hospital (RR), Karachi, Pakistan.
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David C. Cone Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine (JAR, DCC), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Emergency Department, The Aga Khan University Hospital (RR), Karachi, Pakistan.
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Rifat Rehmani Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine (JAR, DCC), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Emergency Department, The Aga Khan University Hospital (RR), Karachi, Pakistan.
Pages 312-316 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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