Acute Pain
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , March 2008

A benchmark of 3 years experiences in acute pain service at Srinagarind hospital

Received 19 August 2007 ,Revised 29 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2008.01.002

Acute Pain
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , March 2008

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