Breast Imaging

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 310, Issue 15, 1984, Pages 960-967

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a   Meyer, Jack E ^a   Sadowsky, Norman ^a  

^a FAULKNER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSIS; EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0021329594     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198404123101506     Document Type: Review

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