A seasonal variation in breast cancer

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1157, 2002, Pages

  McIntyre, Heather ^a   Blue, Jackie ^a   Harman, John ^a  

^a St Marks Breast Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; BREAST TUMOR; INCIDENCE; SEASON;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS;

EID: 0037008155     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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