Vol 6, No 2 (2021)
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and COVID-19 pandemic

Klaudiusz Nadolny12, Stanisław Szczerbiński3, Jerzy Robert Ładny4, Robert Gil5, Jacek Kubica6
Medical Research Journal 2021;6(2):83-85.

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