Reducing disparities in mammography-use in a multicultural population in Israel

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a   Friedman, Nurit ^b,c   Lernau, Omri ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 67651176201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-19     Document Type: Article

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