Racial/ethnic differences in the self-reported use of screening mammography

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 303-316

  Jones, Alma R ^a   Caplan, Lee S ^a   Davis, Mary Kidd ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Cancer; Ethnic groups; Mammography; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1642496967     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025451412007     Document Type: Article

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