Making decisions about screening for ovarian cancer

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7239, 2000, Pages 940-

  Barratt, Alexandra ^a   Bell, Ruth ^b   Urban, Nicole ^c   Drescher, Charles W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034176893     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7239.940     Document Type: Letter

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