Occupation and lung cancer risk among women in Northern China
โ Scribed by Anna H. Wu-Williams; Z. Y. Xu; William J. Blot; X. D. Dai; Rachel Louie; H. P. Xiao; B. J. Stone; X. W. Sun; S. F. Yu; Y. P. Feng; Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.; Brian E. Henderson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 854 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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