Interventions targeted toward patients to increase mammography use

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 749-757

  Yabroff, K Robin ^a,b   Mandelblatt, Jeanne S ^c  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032869511     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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