Trends in breast-conserving surgery in Connecticut: No effect of negative publicity

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 527-530

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Dept of Public Health ^*

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030226741     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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