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Role of reproductive and menstrual history in the etiology of pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer

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  1. Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University Canton Hospital, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 25, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    A. Morabia Ph.D. (M.D.)

  2. Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York

    A. Morabia Ph.D. (M.D.) & E. Taioli

  3. Division of Epidemiology, American Health Foundation, New York, USA

    E. Taioli

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Morabia, A., Taioli, E. Role of reproductive and menstrual history in the etiology of pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer. Aging Clin Exp Res 3, 203–209 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03324006

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