Pediatric anesthesia and recent developments in asthma in children

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-309

  Habre, Walid ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031647022     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199806000-00012     Document Type: Review

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