Medical application of engineering risk analysis and anesthesia patient risk illustration

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 245-255

  Paté Cornell, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Engineering; Probability; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 17644433221     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045391-199909000-00004     Document Type: Article

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