The search for low-penetrance cancer susceptibility alleles
β Scribed by Houlston, Richard S; Peto, Julian
- Book ID
- 110069019
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0950-9232
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