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Recommendations on screening for breast cancer in average-risk women aged 40–74 years

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
CMAJ November 22, 2011 183 (17) 1991-2001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110334
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vol. 183 no. 17 1991-2001
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110334
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22106103
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  • Published online November 21, 2011.
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  1. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
  1. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Epidemiology and the Centre for Studies in Primary Care (Birtwhistle), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Lewin); the Public Health Agency of Canada (Joffres, Connor Gorber), Ottawa, Ont.; and the Alberta Kidney Disease Network (Tonelli), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
  1. Correspondence to:
    The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, info{at}canadiantaskforce.ca

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