US breast cancer mortality is consistent with European data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7822, 2011, Pages

  Bleyer, Archie ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MORTALITY; NOTE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84857437839     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5630     Document Type: Letter

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