Truth, and Epinephrine, at Our Fingertips: Unveiling the Pseudoaxioms

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 476-477

  Newman, David H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; EPINEPHRINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINGERS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 34548549354     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.06.016     Document Type: Editorial

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