Enthusiasm or uncertainty: Small area variations in the use of mammography services in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-382

  Goel, Vivek ^a,b   Iron, Karey ^b   Williams, J Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 0030754388     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.378     Document Type: Article

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