A national cancer control program: The 'Down Under' experience with breast cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Luxford, Karen ^a   Zorbas, Helen ^a  

^a National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; MeSH descriptor; Models, organization; National Health Program; Neoplasms; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58249109580     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9223-9     Document Type: Article

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