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Making Sense of Screening

Posted by: Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on: 3 July 2015 - Categories: General information

Sense About Science has released a new edition of the Making Sense of Screening guide which aims to inform the public about screening. Many people are tested in screening programmes but the tests – however good – are never perfect.

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