To Cite:
Mirhaghi
A, Heydari
A, Ebrahimi
M, Noghani Dokht Bahmani
M. Nonemergent Patients in the Emergency Department: An Ethnographic Study,
Trauma Mon.
2016
; 21(4):e23260.
doi: 10.5812/traumamon.23260.
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