Breast cancer screening by Asian-American women in a managed care environment

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Tu, Shin Ping ^a   Taplin, Stephen H ^b,c   Barlow, William E ^a,b   Boyko, Edward J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Epidemiologic Res and Info Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032764875     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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