Evaluation of a phone intervention to promote mammography in a managed care plan

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-249

  Davis, Nancy A ^a   Lewis, M Jane ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^b   Harvey, Christopher M ^c   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a Prudential Ctr for Hlth Care Res   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031017545     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-11.4.247     Document Type: Article

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