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Original Contributions

Prevalence and Management of Acute Pain in Prehospital Emergency Medicine

, MD, , MD, , MD, , MD, , MD, , MD, , MD, PhD & , MD, PhD show all
Pages 334-339 | Received 26 Oct 2009, Published online: 27 May 2010

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