Mobile Critical Care in Resource-Limited Settings: An Unmet Need

Varun U. Shetty

doi:10.5334/aogh.4506

Mobile Critical Care in Resource-Limited Settings: An Unmet Need

Annals of Global Health

Volume 90 (2024): Issue 1

By: Varun U. Shetty

Open Access

|Sep 2024

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