More on screening mammography

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-283

  Van Ravesteyn, Nicolien T ^a   Heijnsdijk, Eveline A M ^a   De Koning, Harry J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751632929     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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