Cancer of the head and neck: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland, April 2-4, 1975. Edited by R. G. Chambers, A. M. P. Janssen de Limpens, D. A. Jaques, and R. T. Routledge, 366 pp, illus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1975. $57.25

✍ Scribed by Bone, Robert C.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1979
• Weight: 130 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-6403
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.2890010315

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