Community organization to promote breast cancer screening ordering by primary care physicians

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-291

  Taylor, Victoria M ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030058480     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01794878     Document Type: Article

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