Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 553-569 , September 2008

Hyperoxia and infection

  • Harriet W. Hopf, MD (Professor, Medical Director)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Room 3C444, 30 N 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Tel.: +1 801 205 1013; Fax: +1 866 426 0710.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.06.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 553-569 , September 2008

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