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01-04-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Most patients are triaged using the emergency severity index

Author: Amir Mirhaghi, PhD, MSN, RN

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 2/2017

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Title: Most patients are triaged using the emergency severity index
Author: Amir Mirhaghi, PhD, MSN, RN
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-016-0704-z

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