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Defining and evaluating overdiagnosis
- Correspondence to Dr Bjørn Hofmann, University of Oslo, Centre for Medical Ethics, P. O. Box 1130, Blindern, Oslo N0318, Norway; b.m.hofmann{at}medisin.uio.no
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Defining and evaluating overdiagnosis
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- Received June 21, 2016
- Accepted July 23, 2016
- First published August 16, 2016.
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November 17, 2016
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