Racial/ethnic disparities in time to follow-up after an abnormal mammogram

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 923-930

  Press, Rebecca ^a,b   Carrasquillo, Olveen ^a   Sciacca, Robert R ^c   Giardina, Elsa Grace V ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49149129530     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0402     Document Type: Article

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