The costs and effects of cervical and breast cancer screening in a public hospital emergency room

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1182-1189

  Mandelblatt, Jeanne ^a,b   Freeman, Harold ^b   Winczewski, Deidre ^a   Cagney, Kate ^c   Williams, Sterling ^d   Trowern, Reynold ^e   Tang, Jian ^f   Gold, Karen ^g   Lin Hsiang, Ting ^f   Kemer, Jon ^h  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Memoriul Sloan Kettering Cancer Center   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^f Hariem Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

^g Department of Surgery   (United States)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030814151     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.7.1182     Document Type: Article

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