An inventive mind: The career of James O. Elam, M.D. (1918-1995)

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1107-1112

  Sands Jr , Robert P ^a   Bacon, Douglas R ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elam, James; History

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; OXIMETRY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345337374     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199804000-00032     Document Type: Article

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