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Ensuring Informed Decision-Making for Cancer Screening
Stephen H. Bradley, Matthew J. Thompson and Brian D. Nicholson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 435-438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200353
Stephen H. Bradley
the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK (SHB); Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (MJT); Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK (BDN).
Matthew J. Thompson
the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK (SHB); Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (MJT); Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK (BDN).
Brian D. Nicholson
the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK (SHB); Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (MJT); Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK (BDN).

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Medicine Mar 2021, 34 (2) 435-438; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200353
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