Psychiatric morbidity after screening for breast cancer.
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Psychiatric morbidity after screening for breast cancer.
One hundred and thirty two women with normal breast screening results were interviewed six months after their attendance at the Edinburgh Breast Screening Clinic. Eight percent of women said screening had made them more anxious about developing breast cancer. Thirty eight percent said they were more aware of the disease since screening but they regarded this as advantageous. Seventy percent of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.40.1.71