The mammography controversy: Full steam ahead versus reasonable caution

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Baines, Cornelia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUMBERS NEEDED TO SCREEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84871877718     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9362     Document Type: Letter

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