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Anaesthesia and pre-hospital emergency medicine

  1. A. Booth1,
  2. A. Steel2,
  3. J. Klein3

Article first published online: 4 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1111/anae.12064

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Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Special Issue: Emergencies and the Anaesthetist

Volume 68, Issue Supplement s1, pages 40–48, January 2013

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Booth, A., Steel, A. and Klein, J. (2013), Anaesthesia and pre-hospital emergency medicine. Anaesthesia, 68: 40–48. doi: 10.1111/anae.12064

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  1. 1

     Specialist Registrar

  2. 2

     Consultant in Anaesthesia, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, UK

  3. 3

     Consultant in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK

*A. Steel Email: a-steel@doctors.net.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 4 DEC 2012
  3. Accepted: 28 September 2012

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