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Controversy| Volume 10, ISSUE 6, P588-592, November 01, 1992

The limits of health care resources

  • Kenneth V. Iserson
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    Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-6757(92)90191-Y
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      Article Info

      Publication History

      Accepted: May 26, 1992
      Received: April 15, 1992

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-6757(92)90191-Y

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      © 1992 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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