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authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
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authors.forename: Tomoki
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authors.lastname: Sasakawa
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authors.lastname: Kunisawa
authors.forename: Osamu
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authors.forename: Hiroshi
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authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000150:complications*
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references.pmid: 10522589
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