Occupation and breast cancer risk in Polish women: A population-based case-control study
β Scribed by Beata Peplonska; Patricia Stewart; Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska; Jennifer Rusiecki; Montserrat Garcia-Closas; Jolanta Lissowska; Alicja Bardin-Mikolajczak; Witold Zatonski; Jan Gromiec; Slawomir Brzeznicki; Louise A. Brinton; Aaron Blair
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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