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Editorial
. 2019 Nov;74(11):1354-1356.
doi: 10.1111/anae.14743. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

Fluid warmers, aluminium and what the regulator did

N McGuire  1 , M Kelly  1 , E Mustafa  1 , J Hannon  1
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Editorial

Fluid warmers, aluminium and what the regulator did

N McGuire et al. Anaesthesia. 2019 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: MHRA; Fluid warmers; aluminium; medical device regulation; toxicology.

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