Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 299-304 , October 2010

Ethics and hypothermia treatment

  • John S. Wyatt

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PII: S1744-165X(10)00016-8

doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.03.002

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 299-304 , October 2010

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