No increase of breast cancer incidence in Japanese women who received hormone replacement therapy: overview of a case-control study of breast cancer risk in Japan
β Scribed by Toshiaki Saeki; Muneo Sano; Yoshifumi Komoike; Hiroshi Sonoo; Hideo Honjyo; Kazunori Ochiai; Tadashi Kobayashi; Kenjiro Aogi; Nobuaki Sato; Seiji Sawai; Yoshio Miyoshi; Masahiro Takeuchi; Shigemitsu Takashima
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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