Height and risk of prostate cancer in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial
β Scribed by Ahn, J; Moore, S C; Albanes, D; Huang, W-Y; Leitzmann, M F; Hayes, R B
- Book ID
- 110000099
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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