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01-11-2016 | Correspondence

Monitoring waste anesthetic gas in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit

Authors: Sam Kim, RPh, Timur Özelsel, MD, Ban C. H. Tsui, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 11/2016

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Title: Monitoring waste anesthetic gas in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit
Authors: Sam Kim, RPh
Timur Özelsel, MD
Ban C. H. Tsui, MD
Publication date: 01-11-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-016-0713-z

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