Increasing mammography among women aged 40-74 by use of a stage-matched, tailored intervention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 748-756

  Rakowski, William ^a   Ehrich, Beverly ^a   Goldstein, Michael G ^a,b   Rimer, Barbara K ^c   Pearlman, Deborah N ^a,d   Clark, Melissa A ^a   Velicer, Wayne F ^e   Woolverton III, Hugh ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Cancer Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Health behavior; Knowledge, attitude, practice; Mammography; Mass screening; Preventive health services; Psychological theory; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031716361     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0354     Document Type: Article

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