Who gets screened, and where: A comparison of organised and opportunistic mammography screening in Geneva, Switzerland

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-584

  Chamot, Eric ^a   Charvet, Agathe I ^b,c   Perneger, Thomas V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Mammography; Organised screening programme; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33846621910     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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