Breast cancer screening in Canada: Climbing the diffusion curve

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Bryant, Heather ^a  

^a Division of Epidemiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALBERTA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030476562     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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