Screening Mammography: A Missed Clinical Opportunity?: Results of the NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium and National Health Interview Survey Studies

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 54-58

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ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844506444     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450010058030     Document Type: Article

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