Wilderness medicine.

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Published in World J Emerg Med on January 01, 2014

Authors

Douglas G Sward1, Brad L Bennett2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine, Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
2: 2 Military & Emergency Medicine Department, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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