Population studies of the effectiveness of mammographic screening

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-117

  Coldman, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Norm ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mammography; Mortality; Population studies; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80052669408     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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