Technology Assessment Status Evaluation: Bipolar and Multipolar Accessories, February 1996

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 187-189

  Carr Locke, David L ^a   Al Kawas, Firas H ^a   Branch, M Stanley ^a   Edmundowicz, Steven A ^a   Jamidar, Priya A ^a   Petersen, Bret T ^a   Stein, Theodoro N ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0032107819     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-199807000-00009     Document Type: Article

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