Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 177-184 , August 2005

Emergencies in Space

Received 15 September 2004 ,Revised 11 February 2005 ,Accepted 14 February 2005.

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 Supervising editor: Judd E. Hollander, MDFunding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.02.010

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 177-184 , August 2005

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