Environmental estrogens as a cause for breast cancer: Theory or fact?

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Schuman, Stanley H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33748961941     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v03n03_01     Document Type: Article

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