Tobacco smoking and intestinal metaplasia: Systematic review and meta-analysis
✍ Scribed by Morais, Samantha; Rodrigues, Sandra; Amorim, Liliana; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Lunet, Nuno
- Book ID
- 126669522
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 871 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-8658
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