Fluoride content in khat (Catha edulis) chewing leaves
✍ Scribed by Faiez N Hattab; Birgit Angmar-Månsson
- Book ID
- 113989028
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9969
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