Invasive cervical cancer among American Indian women in the northern plains, 1994-1998: Incidence, mortality, and missed opportunities

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-287

  Leman, Richard F ^a   Espey, David ^b,c   Cobb, Nathaniel ^b  

^a Oregon Health Services   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 18244373184     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000311     Document Type: Review

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