Trends in fatalities due to poisoning at Umtata General Hospital, Mthatha (1993–2005)
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2071-2936,2071-2928
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v1i1.49