Establishment of a Medical Academic Word List

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 442-458

  Wang, Jing ^a   Liang, Shao lan ^a   Ge, Guang chun ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 53249113220     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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