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. 2002 May;57(5):452–458. doi: 10.1136/thorax.57.5.452

The pulmonary physician in critical care • 5: Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome: definitions and epidemiology

K Atabai 1, M Matthay 1
PMCID: PMC1746331  PMID: 11978926

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