Mammography screening among California medicare beneficiaries: 1993- 1994

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 198-205

  Parker, Jennifer ^a   Gebretsadik, Tebeb ^a   Sabogal, Fabio ^a   Newman, Jeffrey ^a   Lawson, Herschel W ^b  

^a CMRI California Medical Reveiw   (United States)

^b Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammography; Medicaid; Medicare; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031681358     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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