Travel time to radiotherapy and uptake of breast-conserving surgery for early stage cancer in Northern England

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 424-433

  Sauerzapf, V A ^a   Jones, A P ^a   Haynes, R ^a   Crawford, S M ^b   Forman, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Information Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health service accessibility; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41149123480     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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