Mammography utilization in a skilled nursing facility

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 595-599

  Kerins, Gerard ^a   Gruman, Cynthia ^b   Schwartz, Ronald ^b   Rauch, Erlinda A ^b   Curry, Leslie ^b   Fogel, Denise ^b  

^a Medical Office Building South   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0034293480     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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