Do Not Delay: Breast Cancer and Time, 1900-1970

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-386

  Aronowitz, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035237313     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00212     Document Type: Article

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