Paan chewing as a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma – Authors' reply
✍ Scribed by Sukhmeet Singh Panesar; Aziz Sheikh
- Book ID
- 117303723
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 372
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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