Editorial: Awareness and anaesthesia: Think dose, think data

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Nickalls, R W D ^a   Mahajan, R P ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; AWARENESS; DRUG DOSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; AWARENESS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 72749086836     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep360     Document Type: Editorial

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