Screening for breast cancer in the eastern mediterranean region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1022-1024

  Miller, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 78049234354     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.10.1022     Document Type: Editorial

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