Confounding Factors of the Diabetes - Metformin - Cancer Relationship
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عنوان ژورنال: Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2284-6417
DOI: 10.2478/rjdnmd-2014-0029