Screening for Breast Cancer With Breast Self-examination: A Critical Review

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 16, 1987, Pages 2196-2203

  O’malley, Michael S ^a   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; PALPATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023121402     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390160082032     Document Type: Article

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