Population Attributable Risk for Breast Cancer: Diet, Nutrition, and Physical Exercise

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Re: population attributable risk for breast cancer: diet, nutrition, and physical exercise.

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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

سال: 1998

ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.5.389