Do nonattenders in mammography screening programmes seek mammography elsewhere?
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Screening Mammography
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cancer
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0020-7136,1097-0215
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20604