The effect of patient and provider reminders on mammography and papanicolaou smear screening in a large health maintenance organization

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1658-1664

  Somkin, Carol P ^a   Hiatt, Robert A ^a   Hurley, Leo B ^a   Gruskin, Elisabeth ^a   Ackerson, Lynn ^a   Larson, Pamela ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0030749606     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.15.1658     Document Type: Article

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