Levels of insulin-like growth factor during pregnancy and maternal cancer risk: a nested case–control study
✍ Scribed by Mona Jeffreys; Kate Northstone; Jeffrey Holly; Pauline Emmett; David Gunnell
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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