Office-Based Unsedated Ultrathin Esophagoscopy in a Primary Care Setting
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Safety incidents in the primary care office setting.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Family Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1544-1709,1544-1717
DOI: 10.1370/afm.262