Humphry Davy: His life, works, and contribution to anesthesiology

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1282-1288

  Riegels, Nicholas ^a   Richards, Michael J ^b  

^a Kaiser Oakland Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 79961176159     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318215e137     Document Type: Article

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