The impact of mammography quality improvement legislation in Michigan: Implications for the national mammography quality standards act

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 667-671

  Fintor, Lou ^a,f   Brown, Martin ^a   Fischer, Ruth ^b   Suleiman, Orhan ^b   Garlinghouse, Carol ^c   Camburn, James ^d   Frazier, Emma ^e   Houn, Florence ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d Michigan Dept Consum Indust Serv   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LAW; MAMMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031828032     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.4.667     Document Type: Article

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