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Comment
. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):727-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-b.

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: definition of overdiagnosis is confusing in follow-up of Malmö trial

Per-Henrik Zahl, Jan Maehlen
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Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: definition of overdiagnosis is confusing in follow-up of Malmö trial

Per-Henrik Zahl et al. BMJ. .
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