Mammography screening and breast cancer tumor size in female members of a managed care organization

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 585-589

  Frost, Floyd J ^a   Tollestrup, Kristine ^b   Trinkaus, Kathryn M ^a   Rodgers, Darrell ^b   Kunde, Twila ^b   Petersen, Hans V ^a   Stidley, Christine A ^b  

^a SW Center for Managed Care Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031927099     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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