Implants and breast cancer
β Scribed by Malon, KathleenE.; Stanford, JanetL.; Daling, JanetR.; Voigt, LyndaF.
- Book ID
- 123229953
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 339
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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