News media coverage of screening mammography for women in their 40s and tamoxifen for primary prevention of breast cancer

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3136-3142

  Schwartz, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Woloshin, Steven ^a,b,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037134827     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.23.3136     Document Type: Article

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