Original Contribution A Prospective Study of Multivitamin Supplement Use and Risk of Breast Cancer
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1 Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. 3 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 4 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 5 Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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