Screening for breast cancer in Iran: A challenge for health policy makers

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 605-606

  Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b,e   Harirchi, Iraj ^b   Ebrahimi, Mandana ^c   Mohagheghi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^d   Jarrahi, Alireza Mousavi ^b   Gouya, Mohamamd Mehdi ^a   Miller, Anthony B ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IRAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38849199805     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2008.00662.x     Document Type: Letter

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