Blood Gases
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MEDLINEplus (3 October 2001). Medical Encyclopedia: Arterial Stick. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. MEDLINEplus. Available FTP: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003422.htm
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MEDLINEplus (3 October 2001). Medical Encyclopedia: Blood Gases. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. MEDLINEplus. Available FTP: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003855.htm
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Blood gases (2001) Blood gases [3 paragraphs] Cornell University, Cornell Veterinary Medicine [On-line information] Available FTP: http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/popmed/clinpath/cpPage/bgintro.htm
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Salvador F. Sena, PhD, DABCC. Associate Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, American Association for Clinical Chemistry member
