Conventional mammography, physical examination, thermography and xeroradiography in the detection of breast cancer
โ Scribed by Robert L. Egan; Gordon T. Goldstein; Marjorie M. McSweeney
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 549 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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