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. 1999 Nov;54(11):1036–1040. doi: 10.1136/thx.54.11.1036

Acute respiratory distress syndrome and nosocomial pneumonia

T Bauer 1, A Torres 1
PMCID: PMC1745388  PMID: 10525565

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