Overdiagnosis in the population-based service screening programme with mammography for women aged 40 to 49 years in Sweden

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-19

  Hellquist, Barbro Numan ^a   Duffy, Stephen W ^b   Nyström, Lennarth ^a   Jonsson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860612151     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2012.011104     Document Type: Article

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