Anthropometric factors and breast cancer risk among urban and rural women in South India: a multicentric case–control study
✍ Scribed by Mathew, A; Gajalakshmi, V; Rajan, B; Kanimozhi, V; Brennan, P; Mathew, B S; Boffetta, P
- Book ID
- 109999518
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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