Patients who waited more than 6 months to receive cataract surgery experienced more vision loss, a reduced quality of life and had an increased rate of falls compared with patients who had wait times of less than 6 weeks.
Group 16 is the oxygen family. It consists of the elements oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium. Each has six of the desired eight electrons required for the octet in its highest energy level.
Best Answer: An oxygen ATOM is the smallest individual part of the element oxygen - O. An oxygen MOLECULE is the smallest part of the element oxygen that can exist in a free state - in this case a pair of atoms or O2. The Atom Of Oxygen. Oxygen molecules always go around in pairs (O2). Kind of like girls going to the restroom. An oxygen atom is all alone.