Breast-cancer screening with mammography in women aged 40-49 years

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 693-699

  Tabar, L ^a,b   Larsson, Lars Gunnar ^c  

^a Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0030498972     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961211)68:6<693::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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