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Original Articles: Cancer Epidemiology

Opium use and risk of colorectal cancer: a multi-center case-referent study in Iran

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Pages 1661-1668 | Received 25 Aug 2023, Accepted 23 Oct 2023, Published online: 07 Nov 2023

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