False-positive mammograms - Can the USA learn from Europe?

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9453, 2005, Pages 7-8

  Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a   Elmore, Joann G ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11444263905     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17676-9     Document Type: Note

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