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Editorial
. 2009 Sep;111(3):470-2.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181b16466.

Burden of proof

Richard M Smiley
Editorial

Burden of proof

Richard M Smiley. Anesthesiology. 2009 Sep.
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