History of medical screening: From concepts to action

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 946, 2004, Pages 463-469

  Morabia, A ^a,b   Zhang, F F ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSPHENAMINE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; INSULIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARMY; ARSENIC POISONING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENCEPHALITIS; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PURPURA; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; SYPHILIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4243097025     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.018226     Document Type: Review

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