A Brave New World: But We Need Proof! The Gaston Labat Lecture, 2007

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 406-411

  Mulroy, Michael F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35349025407     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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