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Formalin Hazards and Health Insurance Coverage Needs among Exposed Personnel 福尔马林危害和暴露人员的健康保险覆盖需求

Research and Advances: Biomedical Science and Technology Pub Date : 2019-08-05 DOI: 10.33513/RABS/1901-03

Ocimum Scientific Publishers Pty Ltd

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Intracranial Aneurysms: Evaluation of Braid Pore Configurations on Flow Disruption with Flow Diverter Devices 颅内动脉瘤:用分流装置对辫状孔结构对血流中断的评价

Research and Advances: Biomedical Science and Technology Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.33513/rabs/1901-02

Sreenivas Venguru, Kevin Nguyen, Jim, Davidson

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Three-Dimensional (3D) Imaging Spectroscopy of Carcinoma, Sarcoma, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Melanoma, Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Germ Cell Tumors, Neuroendocrine Tumors and Carcinoid Tumors under Synchrocyclotron Radiation 肿瘤、肉瘤、白血病、淋巴瘤、多发性骨髓瘤、黑色素瘤、脑和脊髓肿瘤、生殖细胞肿瘤、神经内分泌肿瘤和类癌肿瘤在同步回旋辐射下的三维成像光谱

Research and Advances: Biomedical Science and Technology Pub Date : 2019-02-26 DOI: 10.33513/rabs/1801-01

A. Heidari

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