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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Oct 16;319(7216):1037-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7216.1037.

Does publicity about cancer screening raise fear of cancer? Randomised trial of the psychological effect of information about cancer screening

J Wardle  1 , T Taylor, S Sutton, W Atkin
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Clinical Trial

Does publicity about cancer screening raise fear of cancer? Randomised trial of the psychological effect of information about cancer screening

J Wardle et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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