Comprehensive diagnostic program for medically underserved women with abnormal breast screening evaluations in an urban population

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Palmieri, Frances M ^a   DePeri, Elizabeth R ^a   Mincey, Betty A ^b   Smith, Judith A ^a   Wen, Lonnie K ^c   Chewar, Deborah M ^a   Abaya, Reza ^a   Colon Otero, Gerardo ^a   Perez, Edith A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b First Coast Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 64749102556     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.4.317     Document Type: Article

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