Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 147-151 , February 1997

A marked increase in the incidence of colorectal cancer over two decades in southwest Finland

,Accepted 11 September 1996.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 147-151 , February 1997

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