Risk factors for childhood melanoma in Queensland, Australia
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Melanoma in adolescents: a case-control study of risk factors in Queensland, Australia.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cancer
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0020-7136,1097-0215
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970106)70:1<26::aid-ijc4>3.3.co;2-g