Women's attitudes to false positive mammography results

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7273, 2000, Pages 1409-

  Godby, Carol Jean ^a   Peticolas, Anne ^b   Carter, Joyce M ^c   Ghebrehewet, Samuel ^c   Woloshin, Steven ^d   Schwartz, Lisa ^d   Welch, h Gilbert ^d   Sox, Harold C ^e  

^a OCLC Online Computer Library Center   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c Liverpool Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85007670877     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7273.1409     Document Type: Letter

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