Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of female early-onset lung cancer
✍ Scribed by Tarja Anttila; Pentti Koskela; Maija Leinonen; Päivi Laukkanen; Timo Hakulinen; Matti Lehtinen; Eero Pukkala; Jorma Paavonen; Pekka Saikku
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 47 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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