A microsimulation model of the BreastScreen Australia program

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 164-170

  Nickson, C A ^a   Watson, R ^b   Kavanagh, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Health systems; Mammography

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BREAST CANCER SCREENING; CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; MICROSIMULATION MODELING; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; SCREENING STRATEGY;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 85086269752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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