Health status and mammography use among older women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 366-372

  Burack, Robert C ^a,b,d   Gurney, James G ^c   McDaniel, Ann M ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Aging; Breast cancer; Health status; Mammography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031748303     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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