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. 1957 May;10(2):115–119. doi: 10.1136/jcp.10.2.115

A Spectrophotometric Method for the Rapid Estimation of Blood Oxygen Saturation, Content, and Capacity

I C Roddie 1,*, J T Shepherd 1, R F Whelan 1
PMCID: PMC1024022  PMID: 13428867

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