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Analysing emergency medical service ambulance deployment on a Brazilian highway using the hypercube model

F C MendonçaUniversidade Federal de São CarlosSão CarlosBrazil
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R MorabitoUniversidade Federal de São CarlosSão CarlosBrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 261-270 | Received 01 Apr 2000, Accepted 01 Oct 2000, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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