Does distance matter? Distance to mammography facilities and stage at diagnosis of breast cancer in kentucky

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-371

  Huang, Bin ^a   Dignan, Mark ^b   Han, Daikwon ^c   Johnson, Owen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KENTUCKY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 70349519053     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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