Radiation Exposure and the Neuroanesthesiologist

Jeffrey J. Pasternak

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1725229

Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2021; 08(01): 001-002
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1725229

Editorial

Radiation Exposure and the Neuroanesthesiologist

Jeffrey J. Pasternak

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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