Misclassification of breast cancer as cause of death in a service screening area
β Scribed by Carlo Alberto Goldoni; Karin Bonora; Stefano Ciatto; Lucia Giovannetti; Silvia Patriarca; Anna Sapino; Samanta Sarti; Donella Puliti; Eugenio Paci; The IMPACT Working Group
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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