Revalidation for Occupational Physicians: Problems or Promise?
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Revalidation for occupational physicians: problems or promise?
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.6.373