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. 1996 Mar 30;312(7034):845. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7034.845a

Adverse life events and breast cancer. Association may be due to imbalance in ratio of adrenal androgens to glucocorticoid.

M J Reed, M W Ghilchik
PMCID: PMC2350693  PMID: 8608304

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