Occupation and thyroid cancer.

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Published in Occup Environ Med on March 06, 2014

Authors

Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy1, Mary H Ward, Curt T Della Valle, Melissa C Friesen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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