Breast cancer rescreening in low-income women

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-133

  Song, Lin ^a   Fletcher, Robert ^b  

^a Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Low income population; Mammography; Screening; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031880467     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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