Mammography screening and the increase in breast cancer incidence in Hawaii

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-208

  Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a   Wilkens, Lynne ^a   Meng, Lixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030893968     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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