Cancer survivorship: What are the numbers? the epidemiology of cancer by sexual orientation and gender identity

Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 117-140

  Agénor, Madina ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84943601716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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