Diagnostic technology: alternative sampling methods for collection of urine specimens in older adults
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Alternative methods for newborn urine sample collection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Family Medicine and Community Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2305-6983
DOI: 10.15212/fmch.2013.0207