Does mammography hurt?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Sapir, Rama ^a   Patlas, Michael ^a   Strano, Shalom David ^b   Hadas Halpern, Irit ^a   Cherny, Nathan I ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HALA: Rachel Nash Jerusalem C B C   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Mammography; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037248414     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00598-5     Document Type: Article

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