The developmental environment and the early origins of cancer

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 415-425

  Ekbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 58349095185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544699.032     Document Type: Chapter

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