Access to mammography facilities and detection of breast cancer by screening mammography: A GIS approach

International Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 403-413

  Rahman, Selina ^a,b   Price, James H ^b   Dignan, Mark ^c   Rahman, Saleh ^a   Lindquist, Peter S ^b   Jordan, Timothy R ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Breast cancer; Distance; GIS; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 66449127146     PISSN: 15541134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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