Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 229-234 , August 2007

Pain during mammography: Possible risk factors and ways to alleviate pain

Received 4 February 2006 ,Accepted 3 March 2006.

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☆ This article was submitted as part of my Postgraduate certificate in mammography to the Scottish Mammography Education Centre/Queen Margaret University College (SMEC/QMUC).

PII: S1078-8174(06)00034-4

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.03.001

Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 229-234 , August 2007

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