Breast cancer detection: Maps of 2 San Francisco Bay Area counties

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1186-1192

  Selvin, Steve ^a   Merrill, Deane W ^a   Erdmann, Christine ^a   White, Mary ^a   Ragland, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031876156     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1186     Document Type: Article

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