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Breast cancer risk and lifestyle differences among premenopausal and postmenopausal African-American women and white women
Article first published online: 18 DEC 2002
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11020
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Supplement: Summit Meeting on Breast Cancer Among African American Women
Volume 97, Issue Supplement 1, pages 280–288, 1 January 2003
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Forshee, R. A., Storey, M. L. and Ritenbaugh, C. (2003), Breast cancer risk and lifestyle differences among premenopausal and postmenopausal African-American women and white women. Cancer, 97: 280–288. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11020
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 18 DEC 2002
- Article first published online: 18 DEC 2002
- Manuscript Received: 14 SEP 2002
- Manuscript Accepted: 14 SEP 2002
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