Clinical outcomes of the Otago-Southland breast cancer screening programme 1991-1996

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1075, 1998, Pages 380-383

  Doyle, T C A ^a   Elwood, J M ^b   Smale, P ^b   Berkeley, B B ^b   Blennerhassett, J B ^b   Miller, A P ^b   Chartres, S M ^a   Hunter, M H ^b   Packer, S G K ^b   Pfeifer, M ^b  

^a HealthCare Otago ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0032500909     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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