Service screening with mammography of women aged 70-74 years in Sweden: Effects on breast cancer mortality

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 360-369

  Jonsson, Håkan ^a,c   Törnberg, Sven ^b   Nyström, Lennarth ^a   Lenner, Per ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Evaluation; Mammography screening; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242592073     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-090X(03)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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