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Anthropometric Measurements and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk in African–American and White women

✍ Scribed by Cathrine Hoyo; Andrew Berchuck; Susan Halabi; Rex C. Bentley; Patricia Moorman; Brian Calingaert; Joellen M. Schildkraut

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
190 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0957-5243

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