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Editorial
. 2022 Mar 5:76:103473.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103473. eCollection 2022 Apr.

"The wheel is come full circle" - Sustainability in surgery

Qurrat Al Ain Atif  1
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"The wheel is come full circle" - Sustainability in surgery

Qurrat Al Ain Atif. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .
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