Pancreatic cancer and medical history in a population-based case–control study in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
✍ Scribed by Andrew H. Ko; Furong Wang; Elizabeth A. Holly
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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