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The carbon dioxide laser: safety aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. A. S. Carruth
Affiliation:
Consultant Anaesthetist, Southampton University Hospitals. Senior Lecturer and Consultant E.N.T. Surgeon, department of Otolaryngology, Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton SO9 4PE.
A. L. McKenzie
Affiliation:
Senior Physicist, Wessex Regional Physics Department, Laser Safety Officer, Southimpton University Hospitals.
A. C. Wainwright
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Otolaryngologist, Southampton University and Univeriy Hospitals.

Abstract

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Research Article
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1980

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