aMater Dei Hospital, Malta
bDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery,
University of Malta, Msida, Malta
cDepartment of Respiratory, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida,
Malta
dEconomics Student, Malta
eDepartment of Management, University of Malta, Malta
fUniversity of Malta, Malta
∗Corresponding author. RM 425, Biomedical Building, Department of
Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, University of Malta, Msida,
Malta.
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