Effect of mammographic breast density on breast cancer screening performance: A study in Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-271

  Van Gils, Carla H ^a   Otten, Johannes D M ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   Hendriks, Jan H C L ^b   Holland, Roland ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031955643     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.4.267     Document Type: Article

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