Mammography rates for 20 community-based family practices in Ontario: A full practices audit

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 374-378

  Swanson, J Graham ^a,b   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family practice; Mammography; Medical audit; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049025506     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405422     Document Type: Article

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