Chest Computed Tomography Screening in Colorectal Cancer Patients
✍ Scribed by Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre; Réal Lapointe; Louise Samson; Marie-Pierre Cordeau; Julie Prenovault
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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