Mammography uptake predictors in older women

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 661-664

  Harris, Tess J ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   Shah, Sunsil ^a   Victor, Christina R ^a   DeWilde, Stephen ^a   Beighton, Carole ^a   Rink, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0036898498     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.6.661     Document Type: Article

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