Smoking and cancer mortality among U.S. veterans: A 26-year follow-up
β Scribed by Joseph K. McLaughlin; Zdenek Hrubsec; William J. Blot; Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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