Australia's breast surgery workload is changing: Comparison of a metropolitan and a rural hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 178-182

  Spillane, A J ^a   Littlejohn, D ^a,b   Wong, S ^a   Robertson, A O ^b   Crowe, P J ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Tamworth Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign breast disease; Breast cancer; Mammographic screening; Rural; Surgical workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032988135     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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