Prevalence and associated factors of cancer screening: Why are so many older Mexican American women never screened?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 268-273

  Wu, Z Helen ^a   Black, Sandra A ^b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

^b Sealy Center on Aging   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Elderly women; Mammography; Mexican American; Pap test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034815823     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0880     Document Type: Article

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