To Cite: Nikpey A, Ghalenoei M, Safary Variani A, Nadri H. Evaluating the Noise level at Qazvin University Hospitals Intensive Care Units, Biotech Health Sci. 2015 ;2(2):e60279. doi: 10.17795/bhs-28456.
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