Author's specialty and conflicts of interest contribute to conflicting guidelines for screening mammography

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 725-733

  Norris, Susan L ^a   Burda, Brittany U ^b   Holmer, Haley K ^a   Ogden, Lauren A ^a   Fu, Rongwei ^a   Bero, Lisa ^c   Schünemann, Holger ^d   Deyo, Richard ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Clinical practice guidelines; Conflict of interest; Mammography; Physician specialty; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861625036     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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