## BACKGROUND. Clinical and epidemiologic studies have indicated the possible exis-
Genital talc exposure and risk of ovarian cancer
โ Scribed by Daniel W. Cramer; Rebecca F. Liberman; Linda Titus-Ernstoff; William R. Welch; E. Robert Greenberg; John A. Baron; Bernard L. Harlow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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