Radiation exposure in routine mammography screening: a large observational cross-sectional study in Morocco

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 59, Number 2, April - June


Page(s)		104 - 110
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024010
Published online		03 June 2024

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