Detection of Aspiration: Scintigraphic Techniques
β Scribed by B.David Collier MD
- Book ID
- 117015736
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-7162
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