Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 8 , Pages 367-369 , August 2009

Physical principles of defibrillators

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PII: S1472-0299(09)00142-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.05.002

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 8 , Pages 367-369 , August 2009

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