Effect of direct mail as a population-based strategy to increase mammography use among low-income underinsured women ages 40 to 64 years

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2346-2352

  Slater, Jonathan S ^a   Henly, George A ^a   Ha, Chung Nim ^a   Malone, Michael E ^a   Nyman, John A ^b   Diaz, Sarah ^a   McGovern, Paul G ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POSTAL SERVICE; POVERTY;

EID: 26444518320     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0034     Document Type: Article

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