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Rate of Breast Cancer Diagnoses among Postmenopausal Women with Self-Reported Breast Symptoms
Erin J. Aiello, Diana S. M. Buist, Emily White, Deborah Seger and Stephen H. Taplin
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice November 2004, 17 (6) 408-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.6.408
Erin J. Aiello
MPH
Diana S. M. Buist
PhD, MPH
Emily White
PhD
Deborah Seger
Stephen H. Taplin
MD, MPH
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Rate of Breast Cancer Diagnoses among Postmenopausal Women with Self-Reported Breast Symptoms
Erin J. Aiello, Diana S. M. Buist, Emily White, Deborah Seger, Stephen H. Taplin
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Nov 2004, 17 (6) 408-415; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.408
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