NSW HBV and liver cancer pilot program: An update on the 'B positive' project

Cancer Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Tipper, Steven ^a   Penman, Andrew ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 69249174617     PISSN: 0311306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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