Preoperative Fasting: Knowledge and Perceptions

AORN Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Baril, Patrice ^a   Portman, Harriet ^a  

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EID: 34948823957     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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