Epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer in the 21st century

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Tominaga, Suketami ^a   Kuroishi, Tetsuo ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Division of Epidemiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Japan; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001752886     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966440     Document Type: Review

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