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The Place of Intracardiac Injections in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest

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    Asger Pedersen, Holger Jespersen & Christian Torp-Pedersen

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Pedersen, A., Jespersen, H. & Torp-Pedersen, C. The Place of Intracardiac Injections in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Drugs 42, 915–918 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199142060-00002

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