Breast and cervical cancer screening for women between 50 and 69 years of age: What prompts women to screen?

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 180-184

  Miedema, Baukje Bo ^a,b   Tatemichi, Sue ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Horizon Health Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Cervical; Compliance; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0142138135     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(03)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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