Mammography screening before introduction of the national breast screening programme in Norway

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1721-1722

  Autier, Philippe ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDISH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84873080741     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27806     Document Type: Letter

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