A surgical subculture - The use of mastectomy to treat breast cancer

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-45

  Starreveld, Adalei ^a,b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031018760     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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