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The applications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in emergency medicine

  • Larry D. Weiss
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  • Keith W. Van Meter
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      Accepted: May 20, 1992
      Received: January 29, 1992

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-6757(92)90185-Z

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