Comparison of Operating Room Lasers: Uses, Hazards, Guidelines

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-218

  Houck, Phyllis M ^a  

^a Paoli Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; REVIEW; SAFETY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; SAFETY;

EID: 33646354395     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2006.01.004     Document Type: Review

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