Screening for breast cancer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7540, 2006, Pages 499-500

  Dixon, J Michael ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 33644902631     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.499     Document Type: Editorial

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