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Oral Microbiota and Pharyngeal-Laryngeal Cancer Risk: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization in East Asian Populations

By: JINGFENG FU  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2025-029 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 338 - 346
Submitted on: Jun 30, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 5, 2025
Published on: Sep 16, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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