Enhancing mammography referral in primary care

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 791-800

  Grady, Kathleen E ^a   Lemkau, Jeanne Parr ^b   Lee, Norma R ^a   Caddell, Cheryl ^b  

^a Massachusetts Inst of Behav M   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Mammography referral; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031281810     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0219     Document Type: Article

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