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Chest Compressions during Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant. ARC and NZRC Guideline 2010

  1. Australian Resuscitation Council, New Zealand Resuscitation Council

Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01442_13.x

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Emergency Medicine Australasia

Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volume 23, Issue 4, pages 440–441, August 2011

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Australian Resuscitation Council, New Zealand Resuscitation Council (2011), Chest Compressions during Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant. ARC and NZRC Guideline 2010. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23: 440–441. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01442_13.x

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