Mortality from Breast Cancer after Irradiation during Fluoroscopic Examinations in Patients Being Treated for Tuberculosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 321, Issue 19, 1989, Pages 1285-1289

  Miller, Anthony B ^a   Howe, Geoffrey R ^a   Sherman, Gregory J ^a   Lindsay, Joan P ^a   Yaffe, Martin J ^a   Dinner, Paul J ^a   Risch, Harvey A ^a   Preston, Dale L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BREAST CANCER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0024448232     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198911093211902     Document Type: Article

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