Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 425-428 , August 2010

Assessment of women's risk factors for breast cancer and predictors of the practice of breast examination in two rural areas near Ibadan, Nigeria

,Accepted 9 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.005

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 425-428 , August 2010

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