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MedicineLife expectancyCancerEpidemiologyBreast cancerPopulationCause of deathYears of potential life lostDiseaseLung cancerThyroid cancerInternal medicineGynecologyEnvironmental health

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2019
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9
Issue
4
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217-217
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1384
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Camilla Mattiuzzi, Giuseppe Lippi (2019). Current Cancer Epidemiology. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health , 9 (4) , 217-217. https://doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.191008.001

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