The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 114, Issue 2 , Pages 120-125 , 1 February 2003

Effect of false-positive mammograms on return for subsequent screening mammography

  • Richard G Pinckney, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine (RGP, BL), University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Richard G. Pinckney, MD, MPH, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Arnold 3, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
    • ,
  • Berta M Geller, EdD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Health Promotion Research (BMG), University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
    • ,
  • Marcia Burman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Deceased. Formerly with the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. This research was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute cooperative agreement U01-CA70013.
    • ,
  • Benjamin Littenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine (RGP, BL), University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Received 22 December 2000 ,Revised 30 May 2002 ,Accepted 16 August 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01438-9

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 114, Issue 2 , Pages 120-125 , 1 February 2003

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