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Body composition of patients with malnutrition and cancer. Summary of methods of assessment

✍ Scribed by Harry M. Shizgal

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Weight: 446 KB
Volume: 55
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19850101)55:1+<250::aid-cncr2820551307>3.0.co;2-a

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