Environmental causes of cancer among Native Americans
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19961001)78:7<1603::aid-cncr41>3.0.co;2-0