Is the supply of mammography machines outstripping need and demand? An economic analysis.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on October 01, 1990

Authors

M L Brown1, L G Kessler, F G Rueter

Author Affiliations

1: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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