Geographic assessment of breast cancer screening by towns, zip codes, and census tracts

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 48-57

  Sheehan, Joseph T ^a   Gershman, Susan T ^b   Macdougall, Laurie A ^b   Danley, Robert A ^b   Mroszczyk, Mary ^b   Sorensen, Ann Marie ^c   Kulldorff, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Breast neoplasm; Cluster analysis; Epidemiologic methods; Geographic information systems GIS; Screening; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0002049109     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200006060-00008     Document Type: Article

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