Correlates of hysterectomy among African-American women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1309-1315

  Palmer, Julie R ^a   Rao, R Sowmya ^a   Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^b   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Hysterectomy; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033573324     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009962     Document Type: Article

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