UK breast screening programme: How does it reflect the forrest recommendations?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-15

  Gerard, Karen ^a   Brown, Jackie ^b   Johnston, Kathy ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Forrest Report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BUDGET; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031399384     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139700400105     Document Type: Article

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