Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23 , February 2010

Trends in breast cancer mortality in Trinidad and Tobago—A 35-year study

,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.11.003

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23 , February 2010

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