Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Hispanic women in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1998-1999

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 242-251

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Uhler, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer prevention and control; Cervical cancer; Hispanics; Pap tests; Screening mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCOME; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0036352810     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0984     Document Type: Article

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