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Errors in the assessment of nasopharyngeal airway by radiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. P. Johnson*
Affiliation:
Edinburgh
J. A. M. Murray
Affiliation:
Edinburgh
A. G. D. Maran
Affiliation:
Edinburgh
*
A. P. Johnson, ENT Department, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE.

Abstract

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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