Contextual analysis of breast and cervical cancer screening and factors associated with health care access among United States women, 2002

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-275

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Leadbetter, Steven ^a   Richards, Thomas ^a   Sabatino, Susan A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Health care access; Socioeconomic status; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COVARIANCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849037805     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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