Height and Body Mass Index in Relation to Colorectal and Gallbladder Cancer in Two Million Norwegian Men and Women
✍ Scribed by Anders Engeland; Steinar Tretli; Gunnar Austad; Tone Bjørge
- Book ID
- 106382361
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 690 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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