Epidemiology and biology of human urinary bladder cancer
β Scribed by Andreas Brauers; Gerhard Jakse
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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