Incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer in Geraldton, Western Australia
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cancer
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0020-7136,1097-0215
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971127)73:5<629::aid-ijc3>3.0.co;2-z