Periodic screening for cancer of the breast using mammography as well as clinical examination is being conducted by the Health Insurance Plan in a large random sample of women aged 40 to 64 years. A similar group of women has been assigned as controls. The long term objective is to determine whether
Mammography as a screening method for the examination of large populations
β Scribed by Andrew H. Dowdy; Wiley F. Barker; Leo D. Lagasse; Louis Sperling; Louis J. Zeldis; William P. Longmire Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 591 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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