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The influence of alcohol consumption and hepatitis B and C infections on the risk of liver cancer in Europe

✍ Scribed by Josepa Ribes; Ramon Clèries; Laura Esteban; Víctor Moreno; F. Xavier Bosch

Book ID
116651620
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
776 KB
Volume
49
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-8278

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