Implementing clinical practice guidelines: a community-based audit of breast cancer treatment

Craft, Paul S; Zhang, Yanping; Brogan, Jennifer; Tait, Noel; Buckingham, John M

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Neoplasms

Health services administration

Implementing clinical practice guidelines: a community-based audit of breast cancer treatment

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