Psychological distress in U.S. women who have experienced false-positive mammograms

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-200

  Jatoi, Ismail ^a   Zhu, Kangmin ^b   Shah, Mona ^b   Lawrence, William ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False positives; Mammography; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750308056     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9236-6     Document Type: Article

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