Changes in Canadian women's mammography rates since the implementation of mass screening programs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 927-929

  De Grasse, Catherine E ^a   O'Connor, Annette M ^b   Boulet, Jack ^c   Edwards, Nancy ^b   Bryant, Heather ^d   Breithaupt, Krista ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Educ Commn for For Med Graduates   (United States)

^d Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 0032979297     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.6.927     Document Type: Article

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