Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a toxic liver disease in industrial workers
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver International
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1478-3223,1478-3231
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.1999.tb00053.x