Remarkable age-dependent sex differences in the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia and oesophagus in The Netherlands.

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  • L J Schouten
  • L A Kiemeney
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European journal of cancer

دوره 33 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1997