Reminder letter, tailored stepped-care, and self-choice comparison for repeat mammography

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 308-314

  Rakowski, William ^a   Lipkus, Isaac M ^b,c   Clark, Melissa A ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^d   Ehrich, Beverly ^a   Lyna, Pauline R ^c   Kornguth, Phyllis J ^e,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0242352666     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00215-0     Document Type: Article

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