Determination of length of human long bones of hands from their fragments
โ Scribed by K.V.S. Rao; G.D. Gupta; V.N. Sehgal
- Book ID
- 113369831
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 309 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0379-0738
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