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Etiology of primary liver cancer and the role of steroidal hormones

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Trichopoulos, D. Etiology of primary liver cancer and the role of steroidal hormones. Cancer Causes Control 3, 3–5 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051905

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