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Utilization of screening mammography in New Hampshire

A population-based assessment

  1. Patricia A. Carney Ph.D.1,†,*,
  2. Martha E. Goodrich B.S.1,
  3. Todd MacKenzie Ph.D.1,
  4. Julia E. Weiss M.S.1,
  5. Steven P. Poplack M.D.2,
  6. Wendy S. Wells M.D.3,
  7. Linda Titus-Ernstoff Ph.D.1

Article first published online: 12 SEP 2005

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21365

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 104, Issue 8, pages 1726–1732, 15 October 2005

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Carney, P. A., Goodrich, M. E., MacKenzie, T., Weiss, J. E., Poplack, S. P., Wells, W. S. and Titus-Ernstoff, L. (2005), Utilization of screening mammography in New Hampshire. Cancer, 104: 1726–1732. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21365

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  1. 1

    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

  2. 2

    Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

  1. †

    Fax: (603) 653-9003

*Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 1 Medical Center Drive HB 7925, Lebanon, NH 03766

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 OCT 2005
  2. Article first published online: 12 SEP 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 19 MAY 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 29 APR 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 22 FEB 2005

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  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: U01 CA86082

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