Benefits versus risks from mammography: A critical reasessment
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960301)77:5<903::aid-cncr15>3.3.co;2-i