Effectiveness of interventions designed to increase mammography use: A meta-analysis of provider-targeted strategies

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 759-767

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

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032878587     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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