American Heart Journal
Volume 150, Issue 2 , Pages 202-208 , August 2005

Methodological design for economic evaluation in Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) trial

Received 29 June 2004 ,Accepted 14 September 2004.

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American Heart Journal
Volume 150, Issue 2 , Pages 202-208 , August 2005