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Estimating overdiagnosis in screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: could a change in smoking habits and lowered aortic diameter tip the balance of screening towards harm?

BMJ 2015; 350 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h825 (Published 04 March 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;350:h825

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