Physician gender and women's preventive services

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Cassard, Sandra D ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^a   Plichta, Stacey B ^b   Johnson, Tracy L ^a  

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

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030923091     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1997.6.199     Document Type: Article

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