Agricultural pesticides and risk of childhood cancers
โ Scribed by Susan E. Carozza; Bo Li; Qing Wang; Scott Horel; Sharon Cooper
- Book ID
- 113648921
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 212
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1438-4639
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