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Review
. 2020 Dec;10(2):0203102.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.0203102.

A proposal to make the pulse oximetry as omnipresent as thermometry in public health care systems

Arvinder Singh  1 , Sushila Kataria  2 , Payal Das  3 , Amit Sharma  4
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Review

A proposal to make the pulse oximetry as omnipresent as thermometry in public health care systems

Arvinder Singh et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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