Breast cancer screening controversies

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Green, Beverly B ^a,b   Taplin, Stephen H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b Department of Preventive Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0042470238     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.3.233     Document Type: Review

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