Avoidable perioperative mortality at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: a retrospective cohort study
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-015-0483-z