Screening mammography: Is it suitably targeted to older women who are most likely to benefit?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1101-1104

  Scinto, Jeanne D ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^b   Grady, Jacqueline N ^c   Holmboe, Eric S ^c  

^a QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Mammography screening; Older; Women's health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; SCREENING TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034863045     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49216.x     Document Type: Article

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