Service screening with mammography in Northern Sweden: Effects on breast cancer mortality - An update

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-93

  Jonsson, Håkan ^a,d   Bordás, Pál ^a,b   Wallin, Hans ^c   Nyström, Lennarth ^a   Lenner, Per ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34447513130     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914107781261918     Document Type: Article

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