General anesthetic gases and the global environment

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-217

  Ishizawa, Yumiko ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DESFLURANE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; XENON; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS;

EID: 78650958937     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fe02c2     Document Type: Article

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