Excess mortality from breast cancer in relation to mammography screening in northern Sweden

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-9

  Lenner, Per ^a   Jonsson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Geographic variation; Mammography screening; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031399577     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139700400104     Document Type: Article

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