Screening for breast cancer: Time for a rethink

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-7

  Baum, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856022303     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.1.6     Document Type: Editorial

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