Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 643-654 , 12 November 2002

Foreign bodies, exogenous & endogenous triggering mechanical effects, good/bad, in the airways. The anesthesiologist as the diagnostician

  • M.Gerard Baggot

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: M. Gerard Baggot MD, 2650 Edison Ave., P.O. Box 697, Granite City, IL 62040-0697, USA. Phone: +1618-452-3364

Received 19 June 2001 ,Accepted 19 December 2001.

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Medical Hypotheses
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