## BACKGROUND. In the U.S., the incidence rate of multiple myeloma is more than twice as high for blacks as for whites, but the etiology of this malignancy is not well understood. ## METHODS. A population-based case-control interview study of 565 subjects (361 white, 204 black) with multiple myel
Multiple myeloma among blacks and Whites in the United States: the role of chronic antigenic stimulation
โ Scribed by Denise Riedel Lewis; Linda M. Pottern; Linda Morris Brown; Debra T. Silverman; Richard B. Haves; Janet B. Schoenberg; Raymond S. Greenberg; G. Marie Swanson; Ann Grossbart Schwartz; Jonathan M. Liff; Robert N. Hoover
- Book ID
- 105322526
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 957 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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