The effect of false positive breast screening examinations on subsequent attendance: Retrospective cohort study

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-98

  Maxwell, Anthony J ^a,b   Beattie, Cathryn ^c   Lavelle, Janet ^d   Lyburn, Iain ^e   Sinnatamby, Ruchi ^f   Garnett, Shelagh ^g,h   Herbert, Annie ^i,j  

^a ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e Thirlestaine Breast Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS North West ^*  (United Kingdom)

^h Preston Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890167036     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969141313499147     Document Type: Article

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