Identifying women at risk of delayed breast cancer diagnosis

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 568-575

  Stuver, Sherri O ^a,b   Zhu, Junya ^a,c   Simchowitz, Brett ^d   Hassett, Michael J ^a,e   Shulman, Lawrence N ^a,e   Weingart, Saul N ^a,e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Missouri Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81255144072     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37073-0     Document Type: Article

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