Screening: Simple messages... sometimes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2046-2048

  Wilt, Timothy J ^a,b,c   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b  

^a Minneapolis VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 83455236154     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.509     Document Type: Note

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