Oral monilia study on patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197408)34:2<246::aid-cncr2820340203>3.0.co;2-j