649 A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS AND AGE AT ONSET OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN HEPATITIS B VIRUS CARRIERS
β Scribed by Hung, Y.-C.; Lin, C.-L.; Liu, C.-J.; Chen, C.-J.; Liaw, Y.-F.; Chang, H.-C.; Lin, S.-M.; Lee, S.-D.; Chen, P.-J.; Yu, M.-W.
- Book ID
- 123188438
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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