Disparities in breast cancer screening: Is it ethical?

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-41

  Caplan, Lee S ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; older women; screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030909224     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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