Breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income women: Impact of a simple centralized hmo intervention

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 381-384

  Hardy, Robert E ^a,b   Eckert, Cynthia ^a,b   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^a,b   Belay, Yigzaw ^a,b   Jones, Towanda N ^a,b   Cebrun, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a Meharry Medical College ^*

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Cervical cancer screening; Low income women; Pap smears mammograms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; TENNESSEE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030163692     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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