Scottish experience of double reading in the National Breast Screening Programme

Breast

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-79

  Deans, H E ^a   Everington, D ^a   Cordiner, C ^a   Kirkpatrick, A E ^a   Lindsay, E ^a  

^a Breast Screening Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031777457     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(98)90060-1     Document Type: Article

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