Factors affecting mammography screening utilization among educated women in Al Beheira governorate, Egypt
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Community Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0970-0218
DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_41_20