A single issue program in an isolated area: Mammography screening in Darwin, NT

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-361

  McLean, Margot J ^a   Condon, John R ^b  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; RECALL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0032772034     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01275.x     Document Type: Article

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