Comparative effectiveness research in cancer screening programmes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7860, 2012, Pages

  Bretthauer, Michael ^a,b   Hoff, Geir ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84862125093     PISSN: 17561833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2864     Document Type: Short Survey

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