Inhalation anaesthetics and climate change

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 760-766

  Sulbaek Andersen, M P ^a   Sander, S P ^a   Nielsen, O J ^b   Wagner, D S ^c   Sanford, T J ^d   Wallington, T J ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

global warming potential; greenhouse gas; infrared absorption; radiative forcing; spectra

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIELD EMISSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EID: 78649463843     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq259     Document Type: Article

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