Delivering breast and cervical cancer screening services to underserved women: Part II. Implications for policy

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-220

  Vellozzi, Claudia J ^a   Romans, Martha ^b   Rothenberg, Richard B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jacobs Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030200763     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1049-3867(96)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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