Variations in approaches to breast cancer screening among primary care physicians

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 205-210

  Symons, Andrew B ^a   Mahoney, Martin C ^a,b   Englert, Jessica ^b   Mirand, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036928927     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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