Pharmacists should assume a larger role in overcoming the racial/ethnic barriers to breast cancer screening [1]

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 406-407

  Kachroo, Sumesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; PHARMACIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 34548608766     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2006.12.5.406     Document Type: Letter

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