Auditory Blast Injury
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منابع مشابه
Development of a comprehensive Blast-Related Auditory Injury Database (BRAID).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 2367-878X,1312-6997
DOI: 10.14748/orl.v4i4.7109