To the editor: Need for a different screening strategy for breast cancer in India

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1724-1725

  Gadgil, A ^a   Roy, N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955473080     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0433-4     Document Type: Editorial

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