Mammography screening study hampered by inadequate data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tabár, László ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; TRENDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84913557832     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6823     Document Type: Letter

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