Breast screening programme: Should the interval between tests depend on age?

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9050, 1997, Pages 472-

  Threlfall, Anthony G ^a   Woodman, Ciaran B J ^b   Prior, Pat ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343376115     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61182-8     Document Type: Article

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