Evaluating a campaign to detect early stage breast tumors in the United States

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Catalano, Ralph ^a   Winett, Liana ^b   Wallack, Lawrence ^b   Satariano, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Community campaigns; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMMUNITY; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041803237     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024620617272     Document Type: Article

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