The timing of preventive services for women and children: The effect of having a usual source of care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1748-1754

  Ettner, Susan Louise ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0030444580     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.12.1748     Document Type: Article

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