Who was James Lind, and what exactly did he achieve
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Who was James Lind, and what exactly did he achieve.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/0141076813483090