Improving participation in breast screening in a rural general practice with a predominately Maori population

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1291, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Thomson, Rachel M ^a,c   Crengle, Sue ^b   Lawrenson, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Te Whanau a Apanui Community Health ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAORI; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; ABORIGINE; BREAST TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 63249084580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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