Geographic Methods for Understanding and Responding to Disparities in Mammography Use in Toronto, Canada

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 952-961

  Glazier, Richard Henry ^a,b,c,d   Creatore, Maria Isabella ^a   Gozdyra, Piotr ^a   Matheson, Flora I ^a   Steele, Leah S ^a,b   Boyle, Eleanor ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emigration and immigration; Geography; Mammography; Preventive health services; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4544274942     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30270.x     Document Type: Article

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