Right and Wrong Reasons to Be Screened

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Welch, H Gilbert ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; AGED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 2342653601     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-9-200405040-00016     Document Type: Review

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