Ethical and legal issues in organ transplantation: Indian scenario

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 134-140

  Mathiharan, Karunakaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 80052753013     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2011.010134     Document Type: Review

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