Understanding breast cancer genetics /
Health & Sickness -- Consumer Health -- & . This book by a scientist whose background is in cellular and molecular biology examines the fearsome disease that strikes one in eight women in the United States. Although women are more likely to die of heart disease or of lung cancer, a diagnosis...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2004.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781417507900 141750790X 9781604730449 1604730447 1282485113 9781282485112 9786612485114 6612485116 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Health & Sickness -- Consumer Health -- & . This book by a scientist whose background is in cellular and molecular biology examines the fearsome disease that strikes one in eight women in the United States. Although women are more likely to die of heart disease or of lung cancer, a diagnosis of breast cancer is the medical pronouncement that a woman is most likely to fear. It kills more than 40,000 Americans annually. Why are some women more vulnerable than others? The interplay between genetics and environment is suspected. Thus this book for general readers will help them understand the geneti. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 117 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-98) and index. |
| Series: | Understanding health and sickness series.
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| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |