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British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC): establishment of campaign; memorandum by MRC,...
Catalogue reference: FD 1/2039
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This record is about the British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC): establishment of campaign; memorandum by MRC,... dating from 1923 in the series Medical Research Committee and Medical Research Council: Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1923
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British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC): establishment of campaign; memorandum by MRC, 1923; correspondence
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