Integrating Novel Screening Methods For Prostate Cancer, Cost-Utility Interventions
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An overview cost-utility analysis of prostate cancer screening.
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عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2017.08.1082