Serum organochlorines and breast cancer risk in Japanese women: a case–control study
✍ Scribed by Hiroaki Itoh; Motoki Iwasaki; Tomoyuki Hanaoka; Yoshio Kasuga; Shiro Yokoyama; Hiroshi Onuma; Hideki Nishimura; Ritsu Kusama; Shoichiro Tsugane
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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