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. 1987 Sep;41(3):267–268. doi: 10.1136/jech.41.3.267-b

Oral contraceptive use and breast and ovarian cancer mortality in Switzerland.

F Levi, F Gutzwiller, A Decarli, C La Vecchia
PMCID: PMC1052642  PMID: 3443822

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