Mammography screening and breast cancer mortality - Response

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 870-871

  Otto, Suzie J ^a   Fracheboud, Jacques ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^b   Boer, Rob ^a   Reijerink Verheij, Jacqueline C I Y ^c   Otten, Johannes D M ^b   Broeders, Mireille J M ^b,d   De Koning, Harry J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Cancer Screening Organization for Southwest Netherlands   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84862901196     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0235     Document Type: Letter

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