Access to health care: Social determinants of preventive cancer screening use in Northern British Columbia

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 243-262

  Bryant, Joanne ^b   Browne, Annette J ^b   Barton, Sylvia ^b   Zumno, Bruno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; WOMENS HEALTH;

CANADA;

EID: 12244259330     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021269216516     Document Type: Article

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