Breast cancer mortality in Norway after the introduction of mammography screening

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 208-214

  Olsen, Anne Helene ^a   Lynge, Elsebeth ^b   Njor, Sisse H ^b   Kumle, Merethe ^c   Waaseth, Marit ^a   Braaten, Tonje ^a   Lund, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

breast cancer mortality; cohort study; mammography screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY;

EID: 84868200574     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27609     Document Type: Article

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