The effect of an organized, nationwide breast cancer screening programme on non-organized mammography activities

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-17

  Boncz, Imre ^a   Sebestyén, Andor ^b   Pintér, István ^a   Battyány, István ^a   Ember, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b South Transdanubian Regional Health Insurance Fund Administration   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAMMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 43049122116     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2008.007070     Document Type: Article

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