Geostatistical Analysis of County-Level Lung Cancer Mortality Rates in the Southeastern United States
β Scribed by Pierre Goovaerts
- Book ID
- 109148175
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1014 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-7363
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