Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 361-364 , September 2007

Anaesthesia for elderly patients

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Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 361-364 , September 2007

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