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Journal Article

Zinc deficiency in head and neck cancer patients.

T D Doerr Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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A S Prasad Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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S C Marks Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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F W Beck Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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F H Shamsa Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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H S Penny Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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R H Mathog Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Pages 418-422 | Published online: 04 Sep 2013

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