Using an office system intervention to increase breast cancer screening

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 507-514

  Kinsinger, Linda S ^a,c   Harris, Russell ^a,c   Qaqish, Bahjat ^b,c   Strecher, Victor ^b,c   Kaluzny, Arnold ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Clinical breast examination; Continuing medical education; Mammography; Office systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0031665906     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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