Breast cancer screening programme as setting for an adjunct research project: Effect on programme attendance

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-45

  Gram, Inger T ^a   Lund, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 43049124427     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2008.007014     Document Type: Article

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