National health screening program of Korea

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 363-370

  Lee, Won Chul ^a   Lee, Soon Young ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

National health screening program; Quality control; Screening rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953264457     PISSN: 19758456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2010.53.5.363     Document Type: Article

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