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Assessing the Effectiveness of a Cervical Cancer Screening Program in the German Democratic Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

K. Ebeling  and
P. Nischan
K. Ebeling
Affiliation:
Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic
P. Nischan
Affiliation:
Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 137 - 147
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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