Breast cancer control among the underserved: An overview

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-115

  Breen, Nancy ^a   Kessler, Larry G ^a   Brown, Martin L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Female; Health promotion; Health services access; Mammography; Mass screening; Race; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0029790339     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806006     Document Type: Review

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