Spatial Cognition of Japanese-Brazilians in Japanese Urban Space
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Comparison of postmenopausal endogenous sex hormones among Japanese, Japanese Brazilians, and non-Japanese Brazilians
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Motoki Iwasaki ([email protected]) Yoshio Kasuga ([email protected]) Shiro Yokoyama ([email protected]) Hiroshi Onuma ([email protected]) Hideki Nishimura ([email protected]) Ritsu Kusama ([email protected]) Gerson S Hamada ([email protected]) Ines N Nishimoto ([email protected]) Maria do Socorro Maciel ([email protected])...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geographical Review of Japan
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1347-9555,2185-1727
DOI: 10.4157/grj.77.523