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Research Article

Surrogate Markers of Transport Distance for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients

, MD, MPH, , MS, , MPH, , MD, MPH & , PhD
Pages 266-272 | Received 23 Jun 2011, Accepted 29 Jun 2011, Published online: 27 Sep 2011

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