Radiation risk and mammographic screening of women from 40 to 49 years of age: Effect on breast cancer rates and years of life

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 220-226

  Mattsson, A ^a   Leitz, W ^b   Rutqvist, L E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life years; Mammographic screening; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033989715     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0903     Document Type: Article

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