Breast imaging in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Houssami, Nehmat ^a,b   Brennan, Meagan ^a   French, James ^a   Fitzgerald, Peter ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 23444436397     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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