Looking forward and back: Distress among women at familial risk for breast cancer
β Scribed by Joel Erblich; Dana H. Bovbjerg; Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 829 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-6612
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