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A prospective study of obesity and cancer risk (Sweden)

✍ Scribed by Alicja Wolk; Gloria Gridley; Malin Svensson; Olof Nyrén; Joseph K. McLaughlin; Joseph F. Fraumeni; Hans-Olov Adami


Book ID
110271944
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
107 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0957-5243

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