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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Triage | Commentary

How should nonspecific complaints be defined? Comment to: “nonspecific complaints (NSCs) in the emergency department”

Authors: Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2020

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Title: How should nonspecific complaints be defined? Comment to: “nonspecific complaints (NSCs) in the emergency department”
Authors: Roland Bingisser
Christian H. Nickel
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Triage
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-020-00805-x

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