Statistical methods in cancer research. Volume IV. Descriptive epidemiology.

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Published in IARC Sci Publ on January 01, 1994

Authors

J Estève1, E Benhamou, L Raymond

Author Affiliations

1: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon.

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