Epidemiologic trends in esophageal and gastric cancer in the United States
β Scribed by Brown, Linda Morris; Devesa, Susan S
- Book ID
- 123144057
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 332 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1055-3207
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