EUROPA DONNA: Has strength in its heterogeneity

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1145-1149

  Mosconi, P ^a,b   Buchanan, M ^c   Kyriakides, S ^d   Fernandez Marcos, A ^e   Horvatin, J ^f   O'Connell, D ^g   Zernik, N ^h  

^a EUROPA DONNA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c Forum UK   (United Kingdom)

^d Forum Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^e Forum Spain   (Spain)

^f EUROPA DONNA   (Croatia)

^g Forum Ireland   (Ireland)

^h Forum France   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; EUROPA DONNA; Postal survey; Volunteer associations

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 1942424130     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00674-9     Document Type: Article

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