Pain during mammography: Implications for breast screening programmes

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-117

  Andrews, Fiona J ^a  

^a BreastScreen Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Breast neoplasms prevention and control; Breast neoplasms radiography; Female; Human; Mammography adverse effects; Mammography psychology; Mass screening; Pain etiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035015729     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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