Gambling with ethics? A statistical note on the Poisson (binomial) distribution

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1163-1166

  Pandit, J J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; APPENDECTOMY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SAFETY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 53749083461     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05729.x     Document Type: Editorial

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