Radiological detection of the inserted drug containers into the body’s cavities of the “drug mules”
- Authors: Filimonov B.A1, Dubrova S.E2, Strelkov A.A2
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- Publishing house “Ob’edinyonnaya redaktsia”
- M.F.Vladimirskiy Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute
- Issue: Vol 18, No 13 (2016)
- Pages: 52-58
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2075-1753/article/view/94615
- ID: 94615
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B. A Filimonov
Publishing house “Ob’edinyonnaya redaktsia”
Email: filimonov@hpmp.ru
канд. мед. наук, глав. ред. журнала «Consilium Medicum», ООО «Объединенная редакция» 123592, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Kulakova, d. 20, str. 1A
S. E Dubrova
M.F.Vladimirskiy Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute
Email: dubrovamoniki@rambler.ru
канд. мед. наук, ассистент каф. лучевой диагностики фак-та усовершенствования врачей ГБУЗ МО МОНИКИ им. М.Ф.Владимирского 129110, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Shchepkina, d. 61/2
A. A Strelkov
Email: 65strelkov@mail.ru
полковник юстиции в запасе, Почетный работник Следственного комитета при прокуратуре Российской Федерации
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