Breast cancer in Pakistan - Awareness and early detection

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 711-712

  Sohail, Saba ^a   Alam, Shams Nadeem ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

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EID: 64149126612     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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