Smoking, Carcinophobia and Voice Handicap Index
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Smoking, carcinophobia and Voice Handicap Index.
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عنوان ژورنال: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1421-9972,1021-7762
DOI: 10.1159/000131103