Assessing the impact on global climate from general anesthetic gases

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1081-1085

  Andersen, Mads P Sulbaek ^a   Nielsen, Ole J ^b   Wallington, Timothy J ^c   Karpichev, Boris ^a   Sander, Stanley P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; REVIEW; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84860305130     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824d6150     Document Type: Review

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