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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