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Editorial
. 2023 Mar;78(3):288-293.
doi: 10.1111/anae.15907. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

'Cracking' the environmental problem of nitrous oxide in obstetrics

D N Lucas  1 , R Wong  2 , R Kearsley  3
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'Cracking' the environmental problem of nitrous oxide in obstetrics

D N Lucas et al. Anaesthesia. 2023 Mar.
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Keywords: environment; nitrous oxide; obstetric anaesthesia.

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