Medical Gases: Storage and Supply

Anesthesia Equipment: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 3-24

  Nini Malayaman, S ^a   Mychaskiw, George ^b   Berry, James M ^c   Ehrenwerth, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cylinder; Medical gas; Pipeline; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125974387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-67279-5.00001-7     Document Type: Chapter

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