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01.10.2008 | Commentary

Screening for a cancer: a sad chapter in today’s epidemiology

verfasst von: Olli S. Miettinen

Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Ausgabe 10/2008

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Titel: Screening for a cancer: a sad chapter in today’s epidemiology
verfasst von: Olli S. Miettinen
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2008
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Ausgabe 10/2008
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-008-9284-9

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