Lessons from the mammography screening controversy: Can we improve the debate?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1029-1034

  Ransohoff, David F ^a,b   Harris, Russell P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030699067     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-11-199712010-00016     Document Type: Review

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