Breast carcinoma litigation: Medical questions, legal answers

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 600-605

  Severin, Matthew J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030743572     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970801)80:3+<600::aid-cncr9>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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