Primary and secondary care management of women with early breast cancer from affluent and deprived areas: Retrospective review of hospital and general practice records

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7247, 2000, Pages 1442-1445

  Una, Macleod ^a   Ross, Sue ^a   Watt, Graham C M ^a   Twelves, Chris ^b   George, W D ^a   Gillis, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0034720663     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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