Breast cancer on the world wide web: cross sectional survey of quality of information and popularity of websites.

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Published in BMJ on March 09, 2002

Authors

Funda Meric1, Elmer V Bernstam, Nadeem Q Mirza, Kelly K Hunt, Frederick C Ames, Merrick I Ross, Henry M Kuerer, Raphael E Pollock, Mark A Musen, S Eva Singletary

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, USA. fmeric@mail.mdanderson.org

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