Insurance Status and the Severity of Breast Cancer at the Time of Diagnosis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1255-1258

  Kuzmiak, Cherie M ^a   Haberle, Sinisa ^a   Padungchaichote, Wittaya ^a   Zeng, Donglin ^b   Cole, Elodia ^a   Pisano, Etta D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; insurance; mammography; survey data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 51249117122     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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