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Metastatic carcinoma in a 14th–19th century skeleton from Constância (Portugal)

✍ Scribed by S. Assis; S. Codinha

Book ID
102962562
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
522 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
1047-482X

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