Prevalence and correlates of breast and cervical cancer screening among older women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-21

  Ruchlin, Hirsch S ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030964274     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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