Socio-economic inequalities in cancer incidence – The choice of deprivation measure matters
✍ Scribed by David W. Donnelly; Anna Gavin
- Book ID
- 116332783
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 575 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1877-7821
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