COBALT TOXICITY AFTER McKEE HIP ARTHROPLASTY
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.57b3.289