Comparing standardized mortality ratios
β Scribed by Ben G. Armstrong
- Book ID
- 116172883
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1047-2797
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