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Military Medicine

Changes in Pulse Character andMental Status Are Late Responses to Central Hypovolemia

, PhD, , MD, , MD, MRC, , PhD & , PhD
Pages 192-198 | Received 10 Aug 2007, Accepted 07 Dec 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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