Using an office system intervention to increase breast cancer screening
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Breast Cancer and Screening
سرطان پستان یکی از شایع ترین بیماریهای بدخیم و اولین علت مرگ و میر زنان بوده و تقریبا یک سوم تمام سرطانهای زنان را تشکیل می دهد.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00160.x