A case-control study of risk indicators among women with premenopausal and early postmenopausal breast cancer
β Scribed by Robert Lipnick; Frank E. Speizer; Christopher Bain; Walter Willett; Bernard Rosner; Meir J. Stampfer; Charlene Belanger; Charles H. Hennekens
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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