Trends in compressed breast thickness and radiation dose in breast screening mammography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 963, 2008, Pages 214-218

  Robinson, M ^a   Kotre, C John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; RADIATION DOSE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOLOGY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST; CONSTRICTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 40749133395     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/90916004     Document Type: Article

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