Family physicians expedite diagnosis of breast disease in urban minority women

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-59

  Ferrante, Jeanne M ^a,b   Rovi, Susan ^a   Das, Kasturi ^a   Kim, Steve ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW JERSEY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846867074     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.01.060117     Document Type: Article

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