Colorectal Cancer: Advances in Prevention and Early Detection
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1Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK 2Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8129, 6700 EVWageningen, Netherlands 3School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 8005, 4523 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA 4West of Scotland Cancer Surveillance Unit, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015