Missed cancer screening opportunities among older women. A provider survey

Cancer Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 325-332

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Public Health   (Puerto Rico)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Older women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031797972     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1998.006006325.x     Document Type: Article

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