Cancer Screening: The Journey from Epidemiology to Policy

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 439-445

  Deppen, Stephen A ^a   Aldrich, Melinda C ^a   Hartge, Patricia ^b   Berg, Christine D ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^c   Petitti, Diana B ^d   Hiatt, Robert A ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer Screening; Epidemiology; Health Policy; Public Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861352455     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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