Lactation and cancer of the breast. A summary of an international study.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1970

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B MacMahon, T M Lin, C R Lowe, A P Mirra, B Ravnihar, E J Salber, D Trichopoulos, V G Valaoras, S Yuasa

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