O21 Nutritional status and masticatory function of untreated patients with head & neck cancer
โ Scribed by Friedlander, A.; Friedlander, I.; Tajima, T.; Kawakami, K.
- Book ID
- 118655563
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1744-7895
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