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01-09-2021 | Smoking and Nicotine Detoxification | Letter to the Editor

Surgical smoke generated by electrocautery

Authors: Tamara Searle, Faisal R. Ali, Firas Al-Niaimi

Published in: Lasers in Medical Science | Issue 7/2021

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Title: Surgical smoke generated by electrocautery
Authors: Tamara Searle
Faisal R. Ali
Firas Al-Niaimi
Publication date: 01-09-2021
Publisher: Springer London
Keywords: Smoking and Nicotine Detoxification
COVID-19
Laser
Published in: Lasers in Medical Science / Issue 7/2021
Print ISSN: 0268-8921
Electronic ISSN: 1435-604X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-020-03209-6

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