Breast cancer screening in older women

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-204

  Caplan, Lee S ^a,b   Haynes, Suzanne G ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; older women; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029860246     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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