Mammography screening is not as good as we hoped

Maturitas

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 72149091701     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.10.008     Document Type: Editorial

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