The geographic variation of cancer incidence in Ontario.

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Published in Am J Public Health on March 01, 1994

Authors

S D Walter1, S E Birnie, L D Marrett, S M Taylor, D Reynolds, J Davies, J J Drake, M Hayes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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