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Breast Cancer Risks and Screening Practices among Women Living in a Resource Poor Community in Tshwane, South Africa

BREAST JOURNAL (2013)

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BREAST JOURNAL

Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 453-454

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12143

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