Long term effect of visual screening on oral cancer incidence and mortality in a randomized trial in Kerala, India
โ Scribed by Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy; Ramadas, Kunnambath; Thara, Somanathan; Muwonge, Richard; Thomas, Gigi; Anju, Gopan; Mathew, Babu
- Book ID
- 121353275
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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