Risk and beneficial factors - Fallacy at the individual but not the population level? Relevance to a practical prevention program

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-87

  Tajima, Kazuo ^a   Moore, Malcolm A ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b APOCP Training Center   (Thailand)

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EID: 0037936234     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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