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Screening with Mammography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Laszlo Tabar
Affiliation:
Mammography Department Central HospitalFalun 79182, Sweden
Stephen W. Duffy
Affiliation:
MRC Biostatistics Unit Cambridge CB2 2BW, U.K.
Nicholas E. Day
Affiliation:
MRC Biostatistics Unit Cambridge CB2 2BW, U.K.
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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