Primary liver cancer: Worldwide incidence and trends

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Year: 2004
Type: review
Volume: 127
Issue: 5
Pages: S5-S16
Citations: 2488
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                                    F. Xavier Bosch, 
                                
                                    Josepa Ribes, 
                                
                                    Mireia Díaz
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            Primary liver cancer: Worldwide incidence and trends. 
                            Gastroenterology
                            , 127
                            (5)
                            , S5-S16.
                            https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2004.09.011
                        

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DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.09.011