Noise in the operating room

Anesthesiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 894-898

  Katz, Jonathan D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MUSIC; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; MUSIC; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84914106144     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000319     Document Type: Note

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