The impact of the mammography quality standards act on the availability of mammography facilities

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 697-701

  Fischer, Ruth ^a,b   Houn, Florence ^a   Van De Griek, Albert ^a   Tucker, Steven A ^b   Meyers, David ^c   Murphy, Matthew ^c   Unis, Gregory ^c  

^a Div Mammography Qual Radiat P   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Eastern Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Breast cancer; Early detection; Mammography; Regulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LAW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031660750     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0347     Document Type: Article

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