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Preventive Health Care, 2003 Update: Screening for Lung Cancer: Updated Recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Prepared  by V.A. Palda, MD, MSc, H.G.C. Van Spall, MD, BSc, with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in June 2003.

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