Smoking cessation and elective surgery: The cleanest cut [4]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-

  O'Brien, Desmond ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BREATH HOLDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL RISK; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 11844280879     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06558.x     Document Type: Letter

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