Risk Factors for Goiter and Thyroid Nodules
✍ Scribed by Knudsen, Nils; Laurberg, Peter; Perrild, Hans; Bülow, Inge; Ovesen, Lars; Jørgensen, Torben
- Book ID
- 120051618
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1050-7256
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