Occupational asbestos exposure as a risk factor for laryngeal carcinoma in a population-based case–control study from Germany
✍ Scribed by Heribert Ramroth; Wolfgang Ahrens; Andreas Dietz; Heiko Becher
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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