Do nonattenders in mammography screening programmes seek mammography elsewhere?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 464-470

  Jensen, Allan ^a   Olsen, Anne Helene ^a   Von Euler Chelpin, My ^a   Njor, Sisse Helle ^a   Vejborg, Use ^b   Lynge, Elsebeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Mammography; Opportunistic; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; ORGANIZATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 11144334627     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20604     Document Type: Article

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