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Anaesthesia in Ireland, 1987 —How safe is it?

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Cunningham, A.J. Anaesthesia in Ireland, 1987 —How safe is it?. I.J.M.S. 156, iii–iv (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954069

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