Inadequate follow-up of abnormal screening mammograms: Findings from the race differences in screening mammography process study (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 809-821

  Jones, Beth A ^a   Dailey, Amy ^a   Calvocoressi, Lisa ^a   Reams, Kam ^a   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Lee, Carol ^a   Hsu, Helen ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal results; African Americans; Follow up; Health care delivery; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23844436716     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-2905-7     Document Type: Article

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