Occupation and oral cancer among women in the South
โ Scribed by Deborah M. Winn; William J. Blot; Dr. Carl M. Shy; Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 416 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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