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Payam Heydari1, Sakineh Varmazyar2, Ali Safari Variani3

  • 1M.Sc. of Occupational Health Engineering. Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Social Determinants Health Research Center, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.

Electronic Physician
|December 15, 2017
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GeorgeGerkinJacksonMaximal oxygen consumptionMedical emergencyQueen’s College

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