Disparities related to socioeconomic status and access to medical care remain in the United States among women who never had a mammogram

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-425

  Schootman, Mario ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b   Reschke, Anat H ^a,b   Aft, Rebecca L ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Health disparities; Mammography; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042232581     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024941626748     Document Type: Article

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