title: Use of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System in research.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, vkopp@aims.unc.edu.
authors: Vincent J
authors: VJ
authors: Kopp
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000592:standards*; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D010808:Physical Examination; D018570:Risk Assessment
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