Commentary: False premises, false promises and false positives--the case against mammographic screening for breast cancer
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Commentary: false premises, false promises and false positives--the case against mammographic screening for breast cancer.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh022