Ovarian cancer: Age at menopause and at first oral contraceptive use
β Scribed by Silvia Franceschi; Carlo La Vecchia; Eva Negri; Margareth Booth; Dimitrios Trichopoulos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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