Quality of care for breast cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Nattinger, Ann Butler ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037366058     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200303000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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