The use of preventive health services among elderly uterine cancer survivors

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86.e1-86.e8

  McBean, A Marshall ^a   Yu, Xinhua ^a   Virnig, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; cancer survival; preventive services; uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 37349127810     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.05.036     Document Type: Article

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