Breast cancer among women over 75 years: An important public health problem?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 422-424

  Van Schoor, Guido ^a   Otten, Johannes D M ^a   Den Heeten, Gerard J ^b   Holland, Roland ^b   Broeders, Mireille J M ^a,b   Verbeek, André L M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861639596     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks002     Document Type: Review

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