Presentation on websites of possible benefits and harms from screening for breast cancer: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7432, 2004, Pages 148-151

  Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^a   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642545034     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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