Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 63-72 , October 2010

Helping women make choices about mammography screening: An online randomized trial of a decision aid for 40-year-old women

  • Erin Mathieu

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Edward Ford Building (A27), University of Sydney, 2006, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 93514382; fax: +61 2 93515049.
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  • Alexandra L. Barratt

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Kevin McGeechan

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Heather M. Davey

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Kirsten Howard

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Nehmat Houssami

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia

Received 22 January 2009 ,Revised 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.001

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