Hormonal exposures and the risk of uveal melanoma
✍ Scribed by Thomas Behrens; Linda Kaerlev; Ian Cree; Jean-Michel Lutz; Noemia Afonso; Mikael Eriksson; Pascal Guénel; Franco Merletti; Maria Morales-Suarez-Varela; Aivars Stengrevics; Svend Sabroe; Diane Cyr; Agustin Llopis-González; Giuseppe Gorini; Galina Sharkova; Lennart Hardell; Wolfgang Ahrens
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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