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. 2001 May;55(5):336–337. doi: 10.1136/jech.55.5.336

Abortion and breast cancer: a case-control record linkage study

M Goldacre 1, L Kurina 1, V Seagroatt 1, D Yeates 1
PMCID: PMC1731878  PMID: 11297654

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