Closing the gap - Provider and researcher responsibility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 851-853

  Lavizzo Mourey, Risa J ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0033939090     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04767.x     Document Type: Editorial

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