Flexibility and light emission of disposable paediatric Miller 1 laryngoscope blades

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 792-799

  Goodwin, N ^a   Wilkes, A R ^a   Hall, J E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBEROSCOPE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; ILLUMINATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; RANK SUM TEST; RIGIDITY;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIGHTING; MATERIALS TESTING; PLIABILITY;

EID: 33745822370     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04721.x     Document Type: Article

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