Scombroid poisoning: A review
β Scribed by James M. Hungerford
- Book ID
- 119377350
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-0101
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