Risk factors for hysterectomy among Mexican-American women in the U.S. Southwest

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-47

  Hautaniemi, Susan I ^a   Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037239330     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10110     Document Type: Article

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