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General Factors and Dental-Related Risk Factors for Postoperative Pneumonia or Infectious Complications: A

Emiko Tanaka Isomura1,2, Yukari Fujimoto1, Makoto Matsukawa1

  • 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan.

Journal of Clinical Medicine
|May 27, 2023
PubMed

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