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Interest in genetic testing among first-degree relatives of breast cancer patients

✍ Scribed by Lerman, Caryn ;Seay, Janet ;Balshem, Andrew ;Audrain, Janet

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
900 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299

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