TOXIC POTENTIAL OF SUPERWARFARIN: BRODIFACOUM
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medical Science Letters
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0372-7025,0372-7025
DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2013.003