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. 2014 Feb;19(1):38.
doi: 10.1136/eb-2013-101409. Epub 2013 Aug 20.

Some more evidence of long-term psychosocial harms from receiving false-positive screening mammography results

Jessica DeFrank  1 , Noel T Brewer
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Some more evidence of long-term psychosocial harms from receiving false-positive screening mammography results

Jessica DeFrank et al. Evid Based Med. 2014 Feb.
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