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Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Patterns in the U.S. Population

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Manton, K., Akushevich, I., Kravchenko, J. (2009). Stochastic Methods of Analysis. In: Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Patterns in the U.S. Population. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78193-8_5

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