Characteristics of underserved women who did and those who did not use a free/low-cost voucher as part of a mammography screening program

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-107

  Dole, Gwendolyn F ^a   Carney, Patricia A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031807859     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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