Understanding lesbians' mammography utilization

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 264-274

  Lauver, Diane Ruth ^a   Karon, Sarita L ^a   Egan, Judith ^a   Jacobson, Miriam ^a   Nugent, Joan ^a   Settersten, Lori ^a   Shaw, Victoria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MAMMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032749796     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(99)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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