Predicting patterns of mammography use: A geographic perspective on national needs for intervention research

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 929-947

  Legler, Julie ^a   Breen, Nancy ^a   Meissner, Helen ^a   Malec, Don ^b   Coyne, Cathy ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical modeling; Geography; Intervention research; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036706003     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2002.59.x     Document Type: Article

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