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Letters to the Editor: Cancer Epidemiology

Incidence of head and neck cancer in adolescents and young adults: a Danish nationwide study from 1978–2014

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Pages 343-346 | Received 09 Apr 2020, Accepted 17 Sep 2020, Published online: 15 Oct 2020

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