## Abstract Although reproductive factors have been shown to be related to the composition of bile and functioning of the biliary system, their relationship with biliary tract cancer has not been studied in detail. Between 1984 and 1987 we conducted a caseβcontrol study of 75 women with cancer of t
Epidemiological studies on the distribution and determinants of biliary tract cancer
β Scribed by Masaharu Yamamoto
- Publisher
- Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1342-078X
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