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Pulse oximeter measurements vary across ethnic groups: an observational study in patients with COVID-19
Colin J Crooks1,2,3, Joe West2,3,4,5, Joanne R Morling2,3,4
1Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
The European Respiratory Journal
|January 28, 2022
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