Disparities in preventive care by body mass index categories among women

Women and Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Banerjea, Ranjana ^a   Findley, Patricia ^a   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; MEPS; Obesity; Preventive services; Underweight; Women

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 55249113662     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802099261     Document Type: Article

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