Mammographic screening: Results from the 1996 National Breast Health Survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 521-524

  Barratt, Alexandra L ^a   Cockburn, Jill ^b   Redman, Sally ^c   Paul, Christine ^c   Perkins, Janice ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030734607     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138871.x     Document Type: Article

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