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Do we know all about hypothermia and are studies on the subject unethical?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

B. Lisander
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Linköping, Sweden
T. Johansson
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Linköping, Sweden
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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