Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 348-350 , August 2008

Identification of the difficult airway

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00133-1

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.06.011

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 348-350 , August 2008

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