Women's preferences for the delivery of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme: A cross-sectional survey

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Linsell, Louise ^a   Forbes, Lindsay J L ^b   Patnick, Julietta ^c   Wardle, Jane ^d   Austoker, Joan ^a   Ramirez, Amanda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79251492698     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2010.010037     Document Type: Article

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