Breast and colorectal cancer screening and sources of cancer information among older women in the United States: Results from the 2003 health information national trends survey

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Berkowitz, Zahava ^a   Hawkins, Nikki A ^a   Tangka, Florence ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447106349     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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