Comprehensive cancer screening among unmarried women aged 40-75 years: Results from the cancer screening project for women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-459

  Clark, Melissa A ^a   Rogers, Michelle L ^a   Armstrong, Gene F ^a   Rakowski, William ^a   Bowen, Deborah J ^b   Hughes, Tonda ^c   McGarry, Kelly A ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RHODE ISLAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64749107803     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1046     Document Type: Article

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