Breast cancer mortality trends in two areas of the province of Florence, Italy, where screening programmes started in the 1970s and 1990s

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1780-1783

  Gorini, G ^a   Zappa, M ^a   Miccinesi, G ^a   Paci, E ^a   Seniori Costantini, A ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Early diagnosis; Mortality; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 2642556336     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601744     Document Type: Article

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