Individual Metabolic Patterns, Alcoholism, Genetotrophic Diseases
β Scribed by Roger J. Williams, L. Joe Berry and Ernest Beerstecher
- Book ID
- 123669751
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Year
- 1949
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 303 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-8424
- DOI
- 10.2307/88367
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