Breast cancer survival in women of African descent living in the US and in the Caribbean: effect of place of birth
β Scribed by Emanuela Taioli; Allison Attong-Rogers; Penelope Layne; Veronica Roach; Camille Ragin
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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