Interval breast cancers in an Australian mammographic screening program

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 184-187

  Rickard, Mary T ^a   Taylor, Richard J ^c   Fazli, Mohamed A ^a   El Hassan, Nadima ^b  

^a BreastScreen NSW   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney ^*  (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031659066     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140217.x     Document Type: Article

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