Higher Breast Cancer Risk Among Immigrant Asian American Women Than Among US-Born Asian American Women
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Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in Asian American women.
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventing Chronic Disease
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1545-1151
DOI: 10.5888/pcd16.180221