Risks of online advertisement of direct-to-consumer thermography for breast cancer screening

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 827-828

  Lovett, Kimberly M ^a,b   Liang, Bryan A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 81855207245     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3170     Document Type: Review

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