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. 2022 Mar;36(3):490-491.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01877-4. Epub 2022 Jan 3.

Comparisons between cataract surgery and aviation

Thomas Charles Wood  1 , Sundas Maqsood  2 , William Sancha  3 , Mayank A Nanavaty  2   4 , Saul Rajak  2   4
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Comparisons between cataract surgery and aviation

Thomas Charles Wood et al. Eye (Lond). 2022 Mar.
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