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Incidence and mortality from breast cancer in the mama program for breast screening in Finland, 1973–1986

✍ Scribed by Gisela Gastrin; Anthony B. Miller; Teresa To; Kristan J. Aronson; Claus Wall; Matti Hakama; Kirsti Louhivuori; Eero Pukkala

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
619 KB
Volume
73
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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