Emergency medical services in Japan: an opportunity for the rational development of pre-hospital care and research.

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Published in J Emerg Med on February 01, 2005

Authors

Matthew R Lewin1, Shingo Hori, Naoki Aikawa

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (Fresno), CA, USA.

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