Interventions to increase breast screening uptake: Do they make any difference?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 170-181

  Sin, J P ^a,b   St Leger, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b 1829 Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Interventions; Mammography; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033376048     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.6.4.170     Document Type: Review

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