Screening mammography: Experience in a health maintenance organization

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 441-445

  Hanchak, Nicholas A ^a   Kessler, Howard B ^b   MacPherson, Shawn ^a   Xuan, Sherry ^a   Solin, Lawrence J ^c  

^a AETNA   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast radiography, utilization; Diagnostic radiology, observer performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030726743     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.2.9356626     Document Type: Article

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