Breast Cancer Risk Assessments Comparing Gail and CARE Models in African-American Women
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عنوان ژورنال: The Breast Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1075-122X,1524-4741
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00824.x