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Emergency Department Design in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Lessons from a University Hospital in Haiti

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|Jan 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2568 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Jan 20, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Regan H. Marsh, Kristen D. Chalmers, Keegan A. Checkett, Jim Ansara, Linda Rimpel, Marie Cassandre Edmond, Robert W. Freni, Joshua K. Philbrook, Kimberly Stanford, Shada A. Rouhani, published by Ubiquity Press
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