Breast Units in Europe - Certification in 9 european countries 9 years after the european society of mastology position paper

Breast Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Taran, F Andrei ^a   Eggemann, Holm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast units; Certification criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CERTIFICATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; IRELAND; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 70249083065     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229540     Document Type: Article

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