The U.S. postal service and cancer screening - Stamps of approval?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 884-887

  Woloshin, Steven ^a,b   Schwartz, Lisa M ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office White River Junction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0033580395     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199903183401112     Document Type: Note

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