Gastric mass survey in Miyagi prefecture
β Scribed by Yamagata, S. ;Oshiba, S. ;Ishioka, K. ;Ueno, K. ;Gomi, A. ;Mita, M. ;Mochizuki, F. ;Kitagawa, M. ;Ayusawa, I. ;Kano, A. ;Yamagata, J. ;Hisamichi, S. ;Yago, H. ;Nikaido, N. ;Takeda, T. ;Chiba, H.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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