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Comment
. 2002 Oct 1;167(7):782.

Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer

Donald Farquhar  1
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Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer

Donald Farquhar. CMAJ. .
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  • Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer.
    Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Wilson HG, Folger SG, Mandel MG, Daling JR, Bernstein L, Malone KE, Ursin G, Strom BL, Norman SA, Wingo PA, Burkman RT, Berlin JA, Simon MS, Spirtas R, Weiss LK. Marchbanks PA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jun 27;346(26):2025-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa013202. N Engl J Med. 2002. PMID: 12087137

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