Age specific sensitivity and sojourn time in a breast cancer screening programme (DOM) in The Netherlands: A comparison of different methods

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-71

  Brekelmans, Cecile T M ^a   Westers, Paul ^a   Faber, Joop A J ^a   Peeters, Petra H M ^a   Collette, Hubertine J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0030067656     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.1.68     Document Type: Article

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