Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 39-62 , March 2008

Thermal care in the perioperative period

  • Andrea Kurz, MD (Vice Chair)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.10.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 39-62 , March 2008

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