Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 276-278 , July 2007

Analgesia in labour: inhalational and parenteral

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00102-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.04.005

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 276-278 , July 2007

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