Demographic and health factors associated with mammography utilization

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-405

  Barrett, Kirsten ^a,b   Legg, Jeffrey ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; BRFSS; Healthy People 2010; Mammography; Prevention Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 23044466546     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-19.6.401     Document Type: Review

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