Patient adherence to family practitioners' recommendations for breast cancer screening: A historical cohort study

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-45

  Giveon, Shmuel ^a   Kahan, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Family practice; Reminders; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033955686     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.1.42     Document Type: Article

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