Response to: Increase in lobular breast cancer incidence in Switzerland
β Scribed by Helena M. Verkooijen; Christine Bouchardy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 32 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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