Bladder cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposures

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - Tập 30 Số 2 - Trang 199-211 - 2012
Kyle J. Kiriluk1, Sandip M. Prasad1, Amit R. Patel1, Gary D. Steinberg1, Norm D. Smith1
1Section of Urology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

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