Population-based screening for prostate cancer by measuring total serum prostate-specific antigen in Iran
β Scribed by Seyyed Yousof Hosseini; Massood Moharramzadeh; Ali Reza Ghadian; Hassan Hooshyar; Ali Reza Lashay; Mohammah Reza Safarinejad
- Book ID
- 108977357
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0919-8172
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