Obesity, gynecological factors, and abnormal mammography follow-up in minority and medically underserved women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1033-1039

  Fair, Alecia Malin ^a   Wujcik, Debra ^b   Lin, Jin Mann S ^c   Grau, Ana ^d   Wilson, Veronica ^e   Champion, Victoria ^f   Zheng, Wei ^d   Egan, Kathleen M ^g  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Nashville General Hospital at Meharry   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70349216978     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0791     Document Type: Article

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