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Kinetics of isoflurane and sevoflurane in a unidirectional displacement flow and the relevance to anesthetic gas exposure by operating room personnel

Jennifer Herzog-NiesceryKatholisches Krankenhaus Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; Correspondence[email protected]
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Horst BartzDepartment of Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Giessen, Germany;
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Heike VogelsangKatholisches Krankenhaus Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
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Jörg BunseDepartment of Surgery, Sana Hospital Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany;
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Andreas Maier-HasselmannDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Städtisches Klinikum Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany
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Martin BellgardtKatholisches Krankenhaus Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
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Philipp GudeKatholisches Krankenhaus Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
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Thomas P. WeberKatholisches Krankenhaus Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
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Hans-Martin SeippDepartment of Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Giessen, Germany;
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Pages 294-301 | Published online: 09 Mar 2019

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