Improving the referral process for familial breast cancer genetic counselling: findings of three randomised controlled trials of two interventions.

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Published in Health Technol Assess on February 01, 2005

Authors

B J Wilson1, N Torrance, J Mollison, S Wordsworth, J R Gray, N E Haites, A Grant, M K Campbell, Z Miedyzbrodzka, A Clarke, M S Watson, A Douglas

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1: Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, UK.

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