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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Correspondence

Considerations regarding safe transport and transfer for Ebola patients in western countries

Authors: Francesco Maria Fusco, Vincenzo Puro, Giuseppe Ippolito

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2015

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Title
Considerations regarding safe transport and transfer for Ebola patients in western countries
Authors
Francesco Maria Fusco
Vincenzo Puro
Giuseppe Ippolito
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3825-y

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