The effect of verbal information on the experience of discomfort in mammography

Radiography

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 271-277

  Shrestha, S ^a   Poulos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Mammography; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035671692     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/radi.2001.0344     Document Type: Article

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