Evidence in the treatment of head lice: drowning in a swamp of reviews.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 37 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003