Predictors of non-attendance for second round mammography in an Australian mammographic screening programme

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 190-194

  O'Byrne, A M ^a   Kavanagh, A M ^b   Ugoni, A ^c   Diver, F ^d  

^a Northern and Yorkshire Regional Training Scheme   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d BreastScreen Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attendance; Breast; Cancer; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIA, WESTERN; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034493453     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.7.4.190     Document Type: Article

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