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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2016; 37(04): 307
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.195741
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Cancer risk of general people due to using joss stick for religious worshiping

Beuy Joob
Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand
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Viroj Wiwanitkit
Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Chaina
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