Laser smoke evacuator: Effective removal of mutagenic cautery smoke

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-178

  Hunter, John G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocautery; Evacuator; Laser; Mutagenic; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CAUTERIZATION; DEVICE; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MUTAGENS; SMOKE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 0029930485     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02275539     Document Type: Article

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