Reliability of self-reported breast screening information in a survey of lower income women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-291

  Vacek, Pamela M ^a   Mickey, Ruth M ^b   Worden, John K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; mammography; reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030994939     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0138     Document Type: Article

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