Mass breast screening is highly inefficient [1]

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-

  Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Thach, Thuan Q ^a   Woo, Pauline P S ^a   Wong, Irene O L ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 34548250934     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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