Health insurance coverage and use of selected preventive services by working-age women, BRFSS, 2006

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 935-940

  Ahluwalia, Indu B ^a,b   Bolen, Julie ^a   Garvin, Bill ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 34748884569     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.CDC8     Document Type: Article

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