Socioeconomic deprivation, travel distance, location of service, and uptake of breast cancer screening in North Derbyshire, UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-212

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Pearson, Tim ^a   Jordan, Hannah ^a   Black, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; URBAN HEALTH;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33344475173     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.200X.038398     Document Type: Article

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