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- ↑ Murray Longmore; Ian Wilkinson; Andrew Baldwin; Elizabeth Wallin (2014). Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. Oxford Medical Handbooks (9th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-19-960962-8.
- ↑ " fetor " at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ↑ Fetor in Miriam-Webster's Online Dictionary | http://medical.merriam-webster.com/medical/fetor Archived 2012-07-14 at Archive.today
