Mammography and clinical breast examination among Korean American women in two California counties

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 144-151

  Wismer, Barbara A ^a   Moskowitz, Joel M ^a   Chen, Arthur M ^b,c   Kang, Soo H ^b   Novotny, Thomas E ^e   Min, Katya ^b   Lew, Rod ^d   Tager, Ira B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Asian Health Services   (United States)

^c Alameda County Public Health Department   (United States)

^d Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Breast neoplasms, prevention and control; California; Logistic models; Mammography, utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031904270     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0259     Document Type: Article

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