Likelihood ratios for modern screening mammography: Risk of breast cancer based on age and mammographic interpretation

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Kerlikowske, Karla ^a,b   Grady, Deborah ^a,b   Barclay, John ^a   Sickles, Edward A ^a   Ernster, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0029987633     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.1.39     Document Type: Article

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