Pain during Mammography: Impact of Breast Pathologies and Demographic Factors
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Pain during mammography: impact of breast pathologies and demographic factors.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1011-7571,1423-0151
DOI: 10.1159/000070756