Subspecialty training in anesthesia Cardiac anesthesia faces a dilemma

J. Earl Wynands; Joel A. Kaplan

doi:10.1016/1053-0770(92)90001-N

Subspecialty training in anesthesia Cardiac anesthesia faces a dilemma

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	389-391
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/1053-0770(92)90001-N
State	Published - Aug 1992
Externally published	Yes

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