Age-specific differences in the relationship between oral contraceptive use and breast cancer
β Scribed by Phyllis A. Wingo; Nancy C. Lee; Howard W. Ory; Valerie Beral; Herbert B. Peterson; Philip Rhodes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 910 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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