Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis

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Year: 2012
Type: review
Volume: 13
Issue: 6
Pages: 607-615
Citations: 2480
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                                    Catherine de Martel, 
                                
                                    Jacques Ferlay, 
                                
                                    Silvia Franceschi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis. 
                            The Lancet Oncology
                            , 13
                            (6)
                            , 607-615.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(12)70137-7
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(12)70137-7