Social withdrawal after laryngectomy
✍ Scribed by Helge Danker; Dorit Wollbrück; Susanne Singer; Michael Fuchs; Elmar Brähler; Alexandra Meyer
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 455 KB
- Volume
- 267
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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