Make‐up of the epinephrine autoinjector: the effect on its use by untrained users

To cite this article: Bakirtas A, Arga M, Catal F, Derinoz O, Demirsoy MS, Turktas I. Make‐up of the epinephrine autoinjector: the effect on its use by untrained users. Pediatric Allergy Immunology 2011; 22: 729–733.

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