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Mortality rate is higher in Polish intensive care units than in other European countries

Authors: Wojciech Weigl, Jan Adamski, Paweł Goryński, Andrzej Kański, Michael Hultström

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2017

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Title: Mortality rate is higher in Polish intensive care units than in other European countries
Authors: Wojciech Weigl
Jan Adamski
Paweł Goryński
Andrzej Kański
Michael Hultström
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4804-2

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