Validation and Application of the M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory in Patients Treated for Head and Neck Cancer in Brazil
✍ Scribed by Guedes, Renata Lígia Vieira; Angelis, Elisabete Carrara-de; Chen, Amy Y.; Kowalski, Luiz Paulo; Vartanian, José Guilherme
- Book ID
- 111902873
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-051X
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