Endometrial cancer and a family history of cancer

Linda S Cook1, Harold E Nelson, Christine A Stidley

  • 1Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Internal Medicine, NM Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, MSC 10 5550, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. lcook@salud.unm.edu

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