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Review
. 2020 Jul;61(7):378-380.
doi: 10.11622/smedj.2020049. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

A call to arms: a perspective on safe general surgery in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic

Min-Hoe Chew  1 , Frederick H Koh  1 , Kheng Hong Ng  2
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A call to arms: a perspective on safe general surgery in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic

Min-Hoe Chew et al. Singapore Med J. 2020 Jul.
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