Surgery: Risky business?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 745-746

  Takala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 79953198335     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fe495f     Document Type: Editorial

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