Acceptability of mobile mammography among community-dwelling older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1365-1370

  Levin, Jennifer R ^a,b   Hirsch, Susan H ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^a,b   Ganz, Patricia A ^a   Lovett, Marci L ^a   Reuben, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030683955     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02938.x     Document Type: Article

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