METALLIC FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT MAIN BRONCHUS (A Case Report)
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(17)31021-3