SECULAR TREND IN U.S. BLACK-WHITE DISPARITIES IN SELECTED ALCOHOL-RELATED CANCER INCIDENCE RATES
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0735-0414,1464-3502
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl121