Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , February 2004

Association between residence on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and breast cancer

Received 23 October 2002 ,Accepted 7 May 2003.

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☆ This research was funded by an appropriation of the Massachusetts legislature administered by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

PII: S1047-2797(03)00120-0

doi: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00120-0

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , February 2004

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