The confidential enquiry into perioperative equine fatalities (CEPEF): Mortality results of Phases 1 and 2

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 159-170

  Johnston, G M ^a   Eastment, J K ^b   Wood, J L N ^b   Taylor, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Epidemiology; Horse; Perioperative death; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038181294     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2995.2002.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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