Projection of lung cancer mortality in Japan
✍ Scribed by Satoshi Kaneko; Koichi B. Ishikawa; Itsuro Yoshimi; Tomomi Marugame; Chisato Hamashima; Ken-ichi Kamo; Shoichi Mizuno; Tomotaka Sobue
- Book ID
- 108582216
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 484 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1347-9032
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