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Letter to the Editor

Red category criteria of the South African triage scale may need to be revised

Mohsen EbrahimiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-8476
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Amir MirhaghiNursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Page 215 | Published online: 19 Mar 2019

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