Medical examination of immigrants at Ellis Island

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Bateman House, Alison ^a   Fairchild, Amy ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79958714169     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.4.mhst1-0804     Document Type: Review

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