Adolescent dietary phytoestrogen intake and breast cancer risk (Canada)
✍ Scribed by Joanne Thanos; Michelle Cotterchio; Beatrice A. Boucher; Nancy Kreiger; Lilian U. Thompson
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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