Education and Income Differentials in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: Policy Implications for Rural Women

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-236

  Lantz, Paula M ^a,c   Weigers, Margaret E ^b   House, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Hlth Management and Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Rural; Screening; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031092350     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199703000-00004     Document Type: Article

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