Breast cancer screening: Publicity of NHS breast cancer screening programme is unfair

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7793, 2011, Pages 347-

  McPherson, Klim ^a  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; BREAST TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79951622130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d791     Document Type: Letter

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