Continuity of care and the use of breast and cervical cancer screening services in a multiethnic community

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1462-1470

  O'Malley, Ann S ^a,b   Mandelblatt, Jeanne ^a   Gold, Karen ^a   Cagney, Kathleen A ^c   Kerner, Jon ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030804860     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.13.1462     Document Type: Article

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