The reliability of laryngoscope lights

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 488-491

  Howes, Ben W ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LIGHT QUALITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIGHTING; OPTICS;

EID: 33645791904     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04611.x     Document Type: Article

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