Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 253-255 , September 2008

Progress in Improving Neurologically Intact Survival From Cardiac Arrest

  • Arthur B. Sanders, MD, MHA

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Arthur B. Sanders, MD, MHA, PO Box 245057, Tucson, AZ 85724-5057; 520-626-5032, fax 520-626-2480

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 Supervising editor: Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH

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 Publication date: Available online May 19, 2008.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)00721-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.04.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 253-255 , September 2008

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