Cigarette smoking and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.

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Published in BMJ Open on October 05, 2017

Authors

Mengjuan Long1, Zhenming Fu1,2, Ping Li1, Zhihua Nie1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
2: Cancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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