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The hazards of ‘button-sized’ batteries as foreign bodies in the nose and ear.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. W. Skinner*
Affiliation:
Cardiff
P. Chui
Affiliation:
Cardiff
*
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Health Park, Cardiff, CF4 4XW.

Abstract

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Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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