Waiting for a Diagnosis After an Abnormal Screening Mammogram
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Improving the time to diagnosis after an abnormal screening mammogram.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404922