Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 15-26 , March 2009

Impact of computerized information systems on workload in operating room and intensive care unit

  • R.J. Bosman, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.10.001

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Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 15-26 , March 2009

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