Changing the Perspective: Current Trends in the Assessment of Functional Outcome in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
โ Scribed by Uta Tschiesner
- Book ID
- 107546801
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3790
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