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Chapter 11 - Combination antiemetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
Jessica Carter ,
Amy Mauritz  and
Ashraf S. Habib
Edited by
Tong Joo Gan  and
Ashraf S. Habib
Foreword by
Henrik Kehlet
Tong Joo Gan
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Ashraf S. Habib
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
A Practical Guide
 , pp. 107 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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