Genotype Announcement to Japanese Smokers Who Attended a Health Checkup Examination
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Genotype announcement to Japanese smokers who attended a health checkup examination.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0917-5040,1349-9092
DOI: 10.2188/jea.16.45