The quality of mass screening for breast cancer by physical examination
โ Scribed by Tadaoki Morimoto; Kansei Komaki; Toshiaki Mori; Mitsunori Sasa; Kazushi Ooshimo; Hitoshi Miki; Yasumasa Monden; Kozo Inui; Nobuo Saoyama; Hiiru Yoshida
- Book ID
- 112289926
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 360 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-2813
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