Screening for vitamin D insufficiency in pediatric cancer survivors
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Screening for vitamin D insufficiency in pediatric cancer survivors.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Blood & Cancer
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1545-5009
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24844