Clinical decision-making and mammography referral

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-338

  Grady, Kathleen E ^a   Lemkau, Jeanne Parr ^b   Mcvay, Janine M ^a   Carlson, Sydne ^b   Lee, Norma ^a   Minchella, Michelle ^a   Caddell, Cheryl ^b  

^a Massachusetts Inst of Behav M   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mammography; patient characteristics; physician characteristics; primary care; standards; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029885619     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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