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. 2005 Jan;22(1):53–55. doi: 10.1136/emj.2004.016618

Aeromedical retrieval to a university hospital emergency department in Scotland

S Caldow 1, T Parke 1, C Graham 1, P Munro 1
PMCID: PMC1726520  PMID: 15611548

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