Breast and cervical cancer screening among migrant and seasonal farmworkers: A review

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-209

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Wilson, Katherine M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Farming; Hispanics; Mammography; Migrant health; Papanicolau test; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

AGRICULTURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036910442     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-090X(02)00058-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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