Missed cancer screening opportunities among older women: A review

Cancer Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 289-295

  Gulitz, Elizabeth ^a   Bustillo Hernandez, Marta ^b   Kent, Ellen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Public Health   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cancer screening, breast; Cancer screening, cervical; Elderly; Interventions; Undeserved populations

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031719758     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1998.00024.x     Document Type: Review

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