Cancer screening

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 899-902

  Barratt, Alex ^a   Mannes, P ^a   Irwig, L ^a   Trevena, L ^b   Craig, J ^a   Rychetnik, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036898030     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.12.899     Document Type: Review

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