Optimal Postoperative Analgesia

Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 485-492

  Ashburn, Michael A ^a,b   Ballantyne, Jane C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551530831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5996-7.00072-9     Document Type: Chapter

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