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REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY
ELECTRIC POWER USE AND BREAST CANCER: A HYPOTHESIS
RICHARD G. STEVENS
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Article topics:
- Oncology..Incidence and Mortality of Breast Cancer
- Oncology..Diet and Nutrition
- Oncology..Incidence
- Oncology..Dietary Fats
- Medicine..Breast Issues
- Oncology..Melatonin
- Oncology..Epidemiology, Causes, and Risk Factors of Breast Cancer
- Oncology..Epidemiology
- Oncology..Breast Cancer
- Oncology..Environmental/Lifestyle Causes of Breast Cancer
- Biochemistry..Fats
- Oncology..Environmental Causes of Cancer
- Oncology..Environmental/Lifestyle Causes of Lung Cancer
- Oncology..Mortality and Morbidity
- Physiology..Humans
- Medicine..Diet
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