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Development and testing of a decision aid for breast cancer prevention for women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

✍ Scribed by KA Metcalfe; A Poll; A O’Connor; S Gershman; S Armel; A Finch; R Demsky; B Rosen; SA Narod

Book ID
110888454
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
462 KB
Volume
72
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-9163

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