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Breast Cancer Screening Controversies

Beverly B. Green and Stephen H. Taplin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice May 2003, 16 (3) 233-241; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.16.3.233
Beverly B. Green
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