Health disparities in receipt of screening mammography in Latinas: A critical review of recent literature

Cancer Control

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-379

  Wells, Kristen J ^a   Roetzheim, Richard G ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 37249035952     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480701400407     Document Type: Review

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