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Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1349-1350

  Ghai, Babita ^a   Ram, Jagat ^a   Makkar, Jeetinder Kaur ^a   Wig, Jyotsna ^a   Kaushik, Sushmita ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHAM SUBTENON BLOCK; SURGEON; WELLBEING;

EID: 70349751392     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b2a830     Document Type: Letter

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