Acculturation and Ethnic Variations in Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Gail Model Risk Estimates and Mammographic Breast Density
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Mammographic density correlation with Gail model breast cancer risk estimates and component risk factors.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1055-9965,1538-7755
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-15-0103