Short communicationBreast screening knowledge and barriers among under/never screened women
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Ethical approval
Research Ethics Approval for this project was received from University of Toronto Research Ethics Board (protocol #25744).
Funding
The authors received financial (grant) support for this research from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Ontario Region.
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests or conflict of interest on this project.
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