Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 271-287 , October 2009

ASPAN's Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Promotion of Perioperative Normothermia

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PII: S1089-9472(09)00339-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2009.09.001

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 271-287 , October 2009

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