Quality of non-breast cancer health maintenance among elderly breast cancer survivors

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1447-1451

  Earle, Craig C ^a   Burstein, Harold J ^a   Winer, Eric P ^a   Weeks, Jane C ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038179791     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.03.060     Document Type: Article

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