Is it time to stop teaching breast self-examination?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1851-1852

  Nekhlyudov, L ^a   Fletcher, S W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE;

EID: 0034916198     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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