Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 495-499 , May 1999

Benzyl Alcohol as an Alternative Local Anesthetic

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 1996.

Received 31 October 1997 ,Revised 24 November 1998 ,Accepted 10 December 1998.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 495-499 , May 1999

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