Use of screening mammography and clinical breast examinations among black, Hispanic, and white women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-125

  Frazier, Emma L ^a,d   Jiles, Ruth B ^b   Mayberry, Robert ^c  

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

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer screening; clinical breast examinations; ethnic groups; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0029981218     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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