Diet and cancer prevention: the roles of observation and experimentation
✍ Scribed by Martínez, María Elena; Marshall, James R.; Giovannucci, Edward
- Book ID
- 109948145
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1474-1776
- DOI
- 10.1038/nrc2441
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