Computed tomography screening for lung carcinoma in Japan
β Scribed by Masahiro Kaneko; Masahiko Kusumoto; Toshiaki Kobayashi; Noriyuki Moriyama; Tsuguo Naruke; Hironobu Ohmatsu; Ryutaro Kakinuma; Kenji Eguchi; Hiroyuki Nishiyama; Eisuke Matsui
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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