Frank words about breast screening

Open Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 134-136

  Baines, Cornelia J ^a,b  

^a American College of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055053313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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