Breast cancer incidence and mortality in the Nordic capitals, 1970-1998. Trends related to mammography screening programmes

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 528-535

  Törnberg, Sven ^a   Kemetli, Levent ^a   Lynge, Elsebeth ^b   Helene Olsen, Anne ^b   Hofvind, Solveig ^c   Wang, Hege ^c   Anttila, Ahti ^d   Hakama, Matti ^e   Nyström, Lennarth ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746686267     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860500501610     Document Type: Article

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