Mammography use among older women of seven Latin American and Caribbean Cities

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-380

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Freeman, Jean L ^a   Peláez, Martha ^b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Health insurance; Latin America and Caribbean; Mammography; Older women; SABE study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WELLBEING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 33646557610     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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