Mammography usage in a community-based sample of older women

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Fullerton, Judith T ^a,b   Kritz Silverstein, Donna ^a   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FACNM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029680976     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02903942     Document Type: Article

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