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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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