Maximizing informed cancer screening decisions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2027-2028

  Walter, Louise C ^a   Lewis, Carmen L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648947992     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.19.2027     Document Type: Editorial

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