The Marmot report: Accepting the poisoned chalice

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2198-2199

  Baum, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; THERAPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 84884200730     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.258     Document Type: Editorial

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